Super Alpine

The Alps

Highest mountains in the Alps

The Alps form part of Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland. It is only Switzerland and Austria that can be considered true Alpine countries. Stretching some 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) across those countries and more than 300 kilometres (180 miles) wide at their broadest point between Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and Verona, Italy, the Alps cover more than 190,000 square kilometres (73,000 square miles).

The ten highest peaks in the Alps

MONT BLANC MONTE ROSA DOM LYSKAMM WEISSHORN MATTERHORN DENT BLANCHE GRAND COMBIN FINSTERAARHORN
  Height (metres) Region Country First Ascent (Year)
Mont Blanc 4808 Haute-Savoie / Aosta Valley France / Italy 1786
Monte Rosa / Dufourspitze 4634 Valais / Piedmont Switzerland 1855
Dom 4545 Valais Switzerland 1858
Lyskamm 4533 Valais / Aosta Valley Switzerland / Italy 1861
Weisshorn 4506 Valais Switzerland 1861
Matterhorn 4478 Valais / Aosta Valley Switzerland / Italy 1865
Dent Blanche 4357 Valais Switzerland 1862
Grand Combin 4314 Valais Switzerland 1859
Finsteraarhorn 4274 Bern / Valais Switzerland 1829