Editing Alps (section)

== Highest mountains ==
{{see also|List of Alpine four-thousanders}}
[[File:Männlichen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|The [[Eiger]] (shown along with the [[Mönch]] and the [[Jungfrau]]) has the tallest north face in the Alps.]]
The [[Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme]] (UIAA) has defined a list of 82 "official" Alpine summits that reach at least {{cvt|4000|m|ft|0}}.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The 4000ers of the Alps: Official UIAA List |journal=UIAA-Bulletin |issue=145 |date=March 1994 |url=http://www.club4000.it/Articoli/Boll_uiaa.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307064135/http://www.club4000.it/Articoli/Boll_uiaa.pdf |archive-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> The list includes not only mountains, but also subpeaks with little [[Topographic prominence|prominence]] that are considered important [[mountaineering]] objectives. Below are listed the 29 "four-thousanders" with at least {{cvt|300|m|ft|0}} of prominence.

While Mont Blanc was first climbed in 1786 and the Jungfrau in 1811, most of the Alpine four-thousanders were climbed during the second half of the 19th century, notably [[Piz Bernina]] (1850), the [[Dom (mountain)|Dom]] (1858), the [[Grand Combin]] (1859), the [[Weisshorn]] (1861) and the [[Barre des Écrins]] (1864); the ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 marked the end of the [[golden age of alpinism]]. [[Karl Blodig]] (1859–1956) was among the first to successfully climb all the major 4,000&nbsp;m peaks. He completed his series of ascents in 1911.<ref>Michael Huxley, ''The Geographical magazine: Volume 59'', Geographical Press, 1987</ref> Many of the big Alpine three-thousanders were climbed in the early 19th century, notably the [[Grossglockner]] (1800) and the [[Ortler]] (1804), although some of them were climbed only much later, such at [[Mont Pelvoux]] (1848), [[Monte Viso]] (1861) and [[La Meije]] (1877).

The first British Mont Blanc ascent by a man was in 1788; the first ascent by a woman was in 1808. By the mid-1850s Swiss mountaineers had ascended most of the peaks and were eagerly sought as mountain guides. [[Edward Whymper]] reached the top of the Matterhorn in 1865 (after seven attempts), and in 1938 the last of the six [[great north faces of the Alps]] was climbed with the first ascent of the Eiger ''Nordwand'' (north face of the Eiger).<ref name = "Shoumatoff197ff">Shoumatoff (2001), 197–200</ref>

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|+ The 29 Alpine four-thousanders with at least 300 metres of [[topographic prominence]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bielefeldt.de/4000e.php?Sorts=height&Aufab=descending&Liste=UIAA |title=4000&nbsp;m Peaks of the Alps |publisher=Bielefeldt.de |date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=August 9, 2012 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422212906/https://www.bielefeldt.de/4000e.php?Sorts=height&Aufab=descending&Liste=UIAA |url-status=live }}</ref>
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Height
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Height
! align=left | Name
! align=left | Height
|-
| [[Mont Blanc]]
| {{cvt|4810|m|ft|0}}
| [[Grandes Jorasses]]
| {{cvt|4208|m|ft|0}}
| [[Barre des Écrins]]
| {{cvt|4102|m|ft|0}}
|-
| [[Monte Rosa]]
| {{cvt|4634|m|ft|0}}
| [[Alphubel]]
| {{cvt|4206|m|ft|0}}
| [[Schreckhorn]]
| {{cvt|4078|m|ft|0}}
|-
| [[Dom (Mischabel)|Dom]]
| {{cvt|4546|m|ft|0}}
| [[Rimpfischhorn]]
| {{cvt|4199|m|ft|0}}
| [[Ober Gabelhorn]]
| {{cvt|4063|m|ft|0}}
|-
| [[Lyskamm]]
| {{cvt|4532|m|ft|0}}
| [[Aletschhorn]]
| {{cvt|4194|m|ft|0}}
| [[Gran Paradiso]]
| {{cvt|4061|m|ft|0}}
|-
| [[Weisshorn]]
| {{cvt|4505|m|ft|0}}
| [[Strahlhorn]]
| {{cvt|4190|m|ft|0}}
| [[Piz Bernina]]
| {{cvt|4048|m|ft|0}}
|-
| [[Matterhorn]]
| {{cvt|4478|m|ft|0}}
| [[Dent d'Hérens]]
| {{cvt|4173|m|ft|0}}
| [[Gross Fiescherhorn]]
| {{cvt|4049|m|ft|0}}
|-
| [[Dent Blanche]]
| {{cvt|4357|m|ft|0}}
| [[Breithorn]]
| {{cvt|4160|m|ft|0}}
| [[Gross Grünhorn]]
| {{cvt|4043|m|ft|0}}
|-
| [[Grand Combin]]
| {{cvt|4309|m|ft|0}}
| [[Jungfrau]]
| {{cvt|4158|m|ft|0}}
| [[Weissmies]]
| {{cvt|4013|m|ft|0}}
|-
| [[Finsteraarhorn]]
| {{cvt|4274|m|ft|0}}
| [[Aiguille Verte]]
| {{cvt|4122|m|ft|0}}
| [[Lagginhorn]]
| {{cvt|4010|m|ft|0}}
|-
| [[Zinalrothorn]]
| {{cvt|4221|m|ft|0}}
| [[Mönch]]
| {{cvt|4110|m|ft|0}}
| colspan="2"; style="text-align: center; | [[List of prominent mountains of the Alps above 3000 m#Alpine mountains over 3000 m high with 300 m prominence|''list continued here'']]
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