Nordend

Height
 4,609 m

First ascent
 26 August 1861

First climbed by
 Michel-Clément Payot, Edward North, John Jeremy Cowell, Thomas Fowell Buxton

Tips for visitors

• Gornergrat

Tips for hikers

• Hike to the Monte Rosa hut (glacier trek, mountain guide required)

Nordend: tips for mountaineers

• Mountain guide necessary
• Depending on fitness levels, suitable for single or multiple ascents in the Monte Rosa massif
• Multi-day trip
• Medium difficulty

Neighbouring peak of the Dufourspitze
 The Nordend is the second-highest summit in Switzerland, the neighbouring peak of the Dufourspitze and the most northerly 4,000-metre mountain in the Monte Rosa massif. It is flanked with glaciers on its northern and north-western sides and has a powerful and impressive profile. The Monte Rosa massif has about ten peaks higher than 4,000 m: Dunantspitze (Ostspitze), Dufourspitze, Grenzgipfel, Ludwigshöhe, Nordend, Parrotspitze, Schwarzhorn, Signalkuppe, Vincent Pyramid, Zumsteinspitze.

Origin of name
 The Nordend (“North End”) is the most northerly peak of the Monte Rosa massif.