Category: Climbing & mountaineering
Via ferratas, summit tours and alpine walls , for everyone who wants to climb high. Here we gather destinations all about climbing and mountaineering, from secured routes to classic high-alpine tours.
At around 4,805 m, Mont Blanc (Italian Monte Bianco) is the highest mountain in the Alps and Central Europe. On the Italian side above Courmayeur, the modern Skyway Monte Bianco rotating cable car opens up the glacier world up to the Punta Helbronner at 3,466 m, with all-round views of the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso.HighlightsHighest peak…
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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 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 Eiger (3,967 m) is famous above all for its roughly 1,800 m high north face, one of the largest and most storied rock walls in the Alps. Its first ascent in 1938 and numerous dramas made it the epitome of extreme alpinism. From the valley near Grindelwald and from Kleine Scheidegg the wall can be admired comfortably…
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At 4,049 m, the Piz Bernina is the highest peak in the Eastern Alps and the only four-thousander east of Monte Rosa. It lies in the glaciated Bernina group on the border between the Engadin and the Italian Valtellina. Famous is the Biancograt, an elegant firn ridge regarded as one of the most beautiful high-altitude tours in the…
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At 2,962 m the Zugspitze is Germany's highest mountain, in the Wetterstein range on the German-Austrian border. It holds Germany's last glaciers, the Höllental and Northern Schneeferner. The summit is reachable by three mountain railways and offers a panorama over four countries.ActivitiesAscent by cable car or rack railwayViewing platform & summit crossGlacier ski area…
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