Signalkuppe
Sign in to saveThe Signalkuppe (in German, pronounced seeg-nall-koo-pay) also known as Punta Gnifetti (in Italian) (4,554 m) is a peak in the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a subpeak of Monte Rosa. The mountain is named after 'the Signal', a prominent gendarme atop the east ridge, named Cresta Signal.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Signalkuppe
- Mountain.other_name
- Punta Gnifetti
- Mountain.photo
- Zumsteinspitze_von_der_Dufourspitze.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Signalkuppe lying behind the Zumsteinspitze. The Margherita hut is just visible on the summit.
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4554
- Mountain.prominence
- 98 m ↓ Colle Gnifetti
- Mountain.isolation
- 0.7 km → Zumsteinspitze
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Dufourspitze of Monte Rosa
- Mountain.map
- Alps
- Mountain.map_caption
- Alps
- Mountain.location
- Piedmont, Italy /Valais, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Pennine Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 9 August 1842 by Giovanni Gnifetti and party
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Glacier tour via west flank, south-west ridge (F)
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The Signalkuppe (in German, pronounced seeg-nall-koo-pay) also known as Punta Gnifetti (in Italian) (4,554 m) is a peak in the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a subpeak of Monte Rosa. The mountain is named after 'the Signal', a prominent gendarme atop the east ridge, named Cresta Signal.
The first ascent was made by Giovanni Gnifetti, a parish priest from Alagna Valsesia, together with J. Farinetti, C. Ferraris, C. Grober, J. and G. Giordiano and their porters on 9 August 1842.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Signalkuppe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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