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The framework of our map consists of contour lines at 250-metre intervals. This gives the map a three-dimensional look and represents the topography of the Alps accurately. We also show major towns, lakes, rivers and roads, as well as the borders of the three Alpine countries and of their regions, provinces and cantons. Finally, we add the Alpine summits, arranged by mountain group.
The map highlights all 82 four-thousand-metre peaks of the Alps from the UIAA list.
The highest Alpine summits are in the western part of the range. Piz Bernina is the only four-thousand-metre peak in the Eastern Alps. Most of the four-thousand-metre peaks are in the two highest massifs of the Alps, Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa. Of course, all the other four-thousand-metre peaks are on the map too, from Piz Bernina in the Eastern Alps to the southernmost one, Barre des Écrins. Also included are the Bernese Alps, the Weissmies and Weisshorn groups, the Mischabel, Grand Combin and Gran Paradiso.
Outside the Caucasus, there are no mountains in Europe higher than 5000 metres. The four-thousand-metre peaks are therefore the highest mountains in Western Europe and hold a special fascination for mountaineers.
The UIAA, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, set up a commission to determine which Alpine summits count as four-thousand-metre peaks. Besides geographical data such as height and topographic prominence (see below), it also took mountaineering criteria such as climbing difficulty into account. The result is a main list of 82 summits.
For each of the 82 summits, we show the countries, the height, the topographic prominence, the orometric dominance and the year of the first ascent.
You can also find all 82 summits with these values online, each with its own page: The 82 Four-Thousand-Metre Peaks of the Alps.
The height is the elevation of the summit above sea level.
The topographic prominence, also known as relative height, is the minimum descent in metres from the summit to the col from which a higher point can be reached. Many summits in the Mont Blanc massif have a fairly low prominence, because you often only need to descend a few metres to reach a higher summit such as Mont Blanc. From Mont Blanc itself, on the other hand, you would have to descend almost to sea level to reach the next higher summits in the Caucasus.
Based on prominence, we divide the four-thousand-metre peaks into different summit categories: subsidiary summits (prominence below 250 m), main summits (prominence of 500 m or more) and ultras (prominence of 1500 m or more). We also mark the highest mountain of each mountain group and the summit of Mont Blanc as the highest mountain in the Alps.
Like prominence, orometric dominance (OD) is a measure of how independent a mountain is. It was developed by Eberhard Jurgalski and is the ratio of prominence to height, multiplied by 100, so OD can also be expressed as a percentage. The highest summit on a landmass (island / continent) always has an OD of 100. More information on orometric dominance is available on Wikipedia (in German) and on Eberhard Jurgalski's website 8000ers.com.
We give the climbing difficulty in Roman numerals on the UIAA scale. It only measures the technical difficulty of climbing the normal route to the summit. Factors such as altitude, weather or rock quality are not included. A low climbing difficulty therefore does not automatically mean that a summit is easy to reach.
The year of the first ascent shows when the first recorded and documented ascent of each summit took place. Mont Blanc was climbed as early as 1786, as one of the very first Alpine mountains, long before the other four-thousand-metre peaks, most of which were climbed one by one from the second half of the 19th century onwards.
82 Four-Thousand-Metre Peaks of the Alps was developed in collaboration with the French ski mountaineer Vivian Bruchez. Vivian was the first person to climb all 82 four-thousand-metre peaks of the Alps and then ski down them. You can follow his adventures on his channels:
instagram.com/vivianbruchez
youtube.com/vivianbruchez4400
To go with our map, we offer a Marmota sticker set for marking your own special Alpine experiences.
The framework of our map consists of contour lines at 250-metre intervals. This gives the map a three-dimensional look and represents the topography of the Alps accurately. We also show major towns, lakes, rivers and roads, as well as the borders of the three Alpine countries and of their regions, provinces and cantons. Finally, we add the Alpine summits, arranged by mountain group.
The map highlights all 82 four-thousand-metre peaks of the Alps from the UIAA list.
The highest Alpine summits are in the western part of the range. Piz Bernina is the only four-thousand-metre peak in the Eastern Alps. Most of the four-thousand-metre peaks are in the two highest massifs of the Alps, Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa. Of course, all the other four-thousand-metre peaks are on the map too, from Piz Bernina in the Eastern Alps to the southernmost one, Barre des Écrins. Also included are the Bernese Alps, the Weissmies and Weisshorn groups, the Mischabel, Grand Combin and Gran Paradiso.
Outside the Caucasus, there are no mountains in Europe higher than 5000 metres. The four-thousand-metre peaks are therefore the highest mountains in Western Europe and hold a special fascination for mountaineers.
The UIAA, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, set up a commission to determine which Alpine summits count as four-thousand-metre peaks. Besides geographical data such as height and topographic prominence (see below), it also took mountaineering criteria such as climbing difficulty into account. The result is a main list of 82 summits.
For each of the 82 summits, we show the countries, the height, the topographic prominence, the orometric dominance and the year of the first ascent.
You can also find all 82 summits with these values online, each with its own page: The 82 Four-Thousand-Metre Peaks of the Alps.
The height is the elevation of the summit above sea level.
The topographic prominence, also known as relative height, is the minimum descent in metres from the summit to the col from which a higher point can be reached. Many summits in the Mont Blanc massif have a fairly low prominence, because you often only need to descend a few metres to reach a higher summit such as Mont Blanc. From Mont Blanc itself, on the other hand, you would have to descend almost to sea level to reach the next higher summits in the Caucasus.
Based on prominence, we divide the four-thousand-metre peaks into different summit categories: subsidiary summits (prominence below 250 m), main summits (prominence of 500 m or more) and ultras (prominence of 1500 m or more). We also mark the highest mountain of each mountain group and the summit of Mont Blanc as the highest mountain in the Alps.
Like prominence, orometric dominance (OD) is a measure of how independent a mountain is. It was developed by Eberhard Jurgalski and is the ratio of prominence to height, multiplied by 100, so OD can also be expressed as a percentage. The highest summit on a landmass (island / continent) always has an OD of 100. More information on orometric dominance is available on Wikipedia (in German) and on Eberhard Jurgalski's website 8000ers.com.
We give the climbing difficulty in Roman numerals on the UIAA scale. It only measures the technical difficulty of climbing the normal route to the summit. Factors such as altitude, weather or rock quality are not included. A low climbing difficulty therefore does not automatically mean that a summit is easy to reach.
The year of the first ascent shows when the first recorded and documented ascent of each summit took place. Mont Blanc was climbed as early as 1786, as one of the very first Alpine mountains, long before the other four-thousand-metre peaks, most of which were climbed one by one from the second half of the 19th century onwards.
82 Four-Thousand-Metre Peaks of the Alps was developed in collaboration with the French ski mountaineer Vivian Bruchez. Vivian was the first person to climb all 82 four-thousand-metre peaks of the Alps and then ski down them. You can follow his adventures on his channels:
instagram.com/vivianbruchez
youtube.com/vivianbruchez4400
To go with our map, we offer a Marmota sticker set for marking your own special Alpine experiences.
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