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The basic framework of our map consists of contour lines spaced 250 meters apart. This gives the map a three-dimensional feel and accurately represents the topography of the Alps. In addition, we show the most important cities, rivers, and roads, the borders of the 8 Alpine countries and their regions, 1001 Alpine peaks, and 20 special hiking trails.
Our map depicts the most important mountains across the entire Alpine region.
We first selected the geographically most prominent mountains. Our map includes all Alpine peaks with a topographic prominence of at least 500 meters – a total of 919 mountains plus three height twins, including, for example, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Grossglockner, or Zugspitze. Since prominence evaluates a mountain in the context of its surroundings, this gives us a good distribution across the Alpine region.
Our impression of mountains, however, isn't shaped by geography alone, but also by their form, rock, and the sightlines toward them. That's why we additionally selected 79 special mountains of the Alps that, despite lower prominence, hold special significance and define the character of the Alps. A few examples are Eiger, Grosser Mythen, or Hohe Weisse. The selection of these mountains is, by nature, partly subjective – but here too we made sure that our selection covers the entire Alpine region. We took the liberty of including a few points that, according to the common geographical definition, aren't standalone mountains, but that nonetheless define the Alps because of their striking shape.
For more information on our criteria and what makes a mountain, we've put together a visual summary here:
marmotamaps.com/de/blog/was-macht-einen-berg-aus
20 special hiking trails in the Alps complete the map:
Alpe-Adria-Trail, Austria Skyline Trail, Bärentrek, Dolomites High Trail No. 9, European long-distance path E1, European long-distance path E5, Gesäuse Hut Circuit Trail, Giro del Monviso, GR 54 -Tour des Ecrins et de L'oisans, Way of St. James, East Allgäu High Trail, Schladming Tauern High Trail, Tour Des Glaciers, Tour du Mont Blanc, Tour Monte Rosa, Dream Trail: Munich - Venice, Via Alpina, Walker's Haute Route, Walser Trail Graubünden and Slovenska Planinska Pot.
In selecting the trails, we considered popularity, regional distribution, and route length in order to represent a wide range of hiking trails. For all 20 trails, a detailed elevation profile of the route is provided.
The data on the 1001 Alpine peaks was kindly provided to us by the renowned Alpine researcher and mountain chronicler Eberhard Jurgalski and Oliver Klemm.
For each of the 1001 Alpine peaks, we show the countries, the elevation, the topographic prominence as well as the orometric dominance. More information on orometric dominance is available on Wikipedia as well as (in English) on Eberhard Jurgalski's website 8000ers.com.
The map of the 1001 Alpine peaks and 20 hiking trails was revised and updated in 2025. Among other things, the new edition offers:
The basic framework of our map consists of contour lines spaced 250 meters apart. This gives the map a three-dimensional feel and accurately represents the topography of the Alps. In addition, we show the most important cities, rivers, and roads, the borders of the 8 Alpine countries and their regions, 1001 Alpine peaks, and 20 special hiking trails.
Our map depicts the most important mountains across the entire Alpine region.
We first selected the geographically most prominent mountains. Our map includes all Alpine peaks with a topographic prominence of at least 500 meters – a total of 919 mountains plus three height twins, including, for example, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Grossglockner, or Zugspitze. Since prominence evaluates a mountain in the context of its surroundings, this gives us a good distribution across the Alpine region.
Our impression of mountains, however, isn't shaped by geography alone, but also by their form, rock, and the sightlines toward them. That's why we additionally selected 79 special mountains of the Alps that, despite lower prominence, hold special significance and define the character of the Alps. A few examples are Eiger, Grosser Mythen, or Hohe Weisse. The selection of these mountains is, by nature, partly subjective – but here too we made sure that our selection covers the entire Alpine region. We took the liberty of including a few points that, according to the common geographical definition, aren't standalone mountains, but that nonetheless define the Alps because of their striking shape.
For more information on our criteria and what makes a mountain, we've put together a visual summary here:
marmotamaps.com/de/blog/was-macht-einen-berg-aus
20 special hiking trails in the Alps complete the map:
Alpe-Adria-Trail, Austria Skyline Trail, Bärentrek, Dolomites High Trail No. 9, European long-distance path E1, European long-distance path E5, Gesäuse Hut Circuit Trail, Giro del Monviso, GR 54 -Tour des Ecrins et de L'oisans, Way of St. James, East Allgäu High Trail, Schladming Tauern High Trail, Tour Des Glaciers, Tour du Mont Blanc, Tour Monte Rosa, Dream Trail: Munich - Venice, Via Alpina, Walker's Haute Route, Walser Trail Graubünden and Slovenska Planinska Pot.
In selecting the trails, we considered popularity, regional distribution, and route length in order to represent a wide range of hiking trails. For all 20 trails, a detailed elevation profile of the route is provided.
The data on the 1001 Alpine peaks was kindly provided to us by the renowned Alpine researcher and mountain chronicler Eberhard Jurgalski and Oliver Klemm.
For each of the 1001 Alpine peaks, we show the countries, the elevation, the topographic prominence as well as the orometric dominance. More information on orometric dominance is available on Wikipedia as well as (in English) on Eberhard Jurgalski's website 8000ers.com.
The map of the 1001 Alpine peaks and 20 hiking trails was revised and updated in 2025. Among other things, the new edition offers:
