Zumsteinspitze
Sign in to saveThe Zumsteinspitze (Punta Zumstein in Italian) (4,563 m) is a peak in the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a subpeak of Monte Rosa.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Zumsteinspitze
- Mountain.other_name
- Punta Zumstein
- Mountain.photo
- SignalkuppeZumsteinspitzeFromNordend.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Zumsteinspitze (centre) with the Signalkuppe (left)
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 4563
- Mountain.prominence
- 112 m ↓ Grenzsattel
- Mountain.isolation
- 0.5 km → Grenzgipfel
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Dufourspitze of Monte Rosa
- Mountain.map
- Alps
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in the Alps
- Mountain.location
- Piedmont, Italy / Valais, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Pennine Alps
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1 August 1820 by Joseph and Johann Niklaus Vincent, Joseph Zumstein, Molinatti, Castel and porters unknown
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Lysjoch (4,248 m) - Colle Gnifetti (4,454 m)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climbing
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The Zumsteinspitze (Punta Zumstein in Italian) (4,563 m) is a peak in the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a subpeak of Monte Rosa.
The summit lies between the Dufourspitze (to which it is joined by the Grenzsattel) and the Signalkuppe (to which it is joined by the Colle Gnifetti).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zumsteinspitze” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations