Get up to the true alpine! The famous "Alpine four-thousanders" challenge. Includes peaks in the Alps over 4000 m lying in France, Italy, and Switzerland from the official 1994 UIAA list. Includes all peaks with a minimum 30 m prominence but excludes some peaks deemed to be less significant parts of bigger peaks. This is a hit-list of famous alps mountains, a true lifetime mountaineering challenge.
Highest peak
Mont Blanc
15,781 ft / 4,810 m
Most prominent peak
Mont Blanc
15,410 ft / 4,697 m prom
Most climbed peak
Mont Blanc
98 climbs
Most difficult peak
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Difficulty breakdown
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Highlights
- Climb the famous Mont Blanc, the queen of the Alps, highest mountain in the Alps and western Europe, at 4810 m.
- Experience the thrilling climb of the iconically aesthetic Matterhorn 4477 m, the classic peak that defines classic peaks (and is the peakery logo).
- Head deep into the Bernese Oberland to climb 9 4000'ers among the largest (but rapidly shrinking!) glaciers in Europe.
Latest climbs

"Epic climb before the guides closed the mountain because of dangerous conditions. They all commented on the lack of snow at the summit and the warm temperatures. Ascent was straight forward with some fixed rope aids. Descent was brutal with all the down climbing and route finding required. 4 hours up and 3:40 down." — oregon-mt-goat • Jul 21, 2022

"Starting the approach from Val Veny and going down to Entreves (1300 m), we did a +2100m to reach the Torino hut. On summit day we spent 4 additional hours negotiating the crevasse filled Vallee Blanche before finding our way towards the Cosmiques side. After the summit, I twisted my ankle jumping over a crevasse on the steep slopes of Tacul... All this made for a 17-hour long summit day. Good thing there is a lift going down from Torino hut and this was the last mountain of my trip, concluding one month in the Alps with 8 new fourthousanders in the bag! " — Christos • Aug 18, 2020

"My first ever single push ascent on an alpine fourthousander! Zinal - Bishorn - Zinal in 8h 26m. Full trip report here: https://cyberminercom.wixsite.com/mountainberserker/bishorn-singlepush" — Christos • Jul 25, 2020

"The day after summiting Dom we descended from the Domhutte (2936m) to Randa (1400m), and on the same day fully loaded the huge backpack and walked up to the Taschhutte (2700m) from Tasch (1400m). Starting the next day at 4 am, we summited Alphubel by the SE ridge (PD+) with some fun snow climb on the steep snow slope below the summit plateau (4206m). Returned by the easy normal route and all the way down to Tasch (1400m). This concludes my 14 days of almost non-stop ascents to 13 peaks (10 UIAA 4000ers) with 150km of total distance walked/climbed and +14,000 elevation gain. What a great trip I had! Miss the Alps already... " — Christos • Aug 16, 2019

"The same day I went down to the valley (1400m) from the Bordierhutte (2900m), I went up to the Domhutte (2936m). Waited for a day for the weather to get better and then summited the 3rd highest mountain in the Alps with my friend Franko." — Christos • Aug 14, 2019