Category: Peaks & mountains
From gentle viewpoint mountains to the great four-thousanders: here everything revolves around the peaks of the Alps. We present striking mountains, their history and the finest views.
At 3,343 m, the Marmolada is the highest peak in the Dolomites and bears their only significant glacier. Its steeply falling south face is among the great climbing walls of the Alps, while a cable car from the north side leads comfortably to near the summit. The glacier is melting fast; in 2022 an ice collapse claimed several…
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The Tre Cime (Drei Zinnen) are the most famous rock formation in the Dolomites and one of the best-known mountain motifs in the Alps. The three striking towers, with the Cima Grande up to 2,999 m, rise on the border between South Tyrol and Veneto in the UNESCO World Heritage of the Sexten Dolomites. The roughly 10 km loop from the Auronzo hut…
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The Rosengarten is one of the best-known Dolomite massifs and famous for the Enrosadira, the intense rose-red glow of its walls at sunset. Legend has it that King Laurin turned his rose garden into petrified rock. The massif with the Rosengartenspitze offers demanding via ferratas and hikes across scenic alpine pastures.HighlightsEnrosadira, the rose-red alpenglow of the wallsLegend of…
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The Brenta group is the only Dolomite massif west of the Adige and part of the Adamello-Brenta Nature Park. It is famous for its bold towers and for the Bocchette via ferratas, among the most classic in the Alps. The starting point is the fashionable resort of Madonna di Campiglio.HighlightsFamous Bocchette via ferratas through the vertical wallsAdamello-Brenta Nature Park with brown bearsResort Madonna di…
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The Matterhorn, at 4,478 m, is one of the highest and at the same time the most famous mountain in the Alps. Its almost free-standing, pyramidal shape on the border between Swiss Zermatt and Italian Breuil-Cervinia is one of the most photographed mountain motifs in the world. The first ascent in 1865 by Edward Whymper's party ended on the descent…
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The Great Aletsch Glacier is, at around 20 km long, the longest and largest glacier in the Alps and the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch. From the Aletsch Forest and the viewpoints Eggishorn, Bettmerhorn and Moosfluh you look out over the mighty stream of ice, fed by the firn fields of the Jungfrau region. Like all Alpine glaciers…
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