Wikipedia:WikiProject Mountains of the Alps

Welcome to the Mountains of the Alps WikiProject! We are a very small group of editors who care about the Alps and the innumerable features within it, and who want to see improvements to so many articles. The mountains of the Alps really are an important and popular topic, but we recognise there is a lack of in-depth coverage on Wikipedia. It's not just the mountains, but the glaciers, the people, the places and the wildlife of the alps. So will you join in and help us? Feel free to edit any article without joining us, but we'd welcome your expression of support to help us. So please add your username to the 'Members' section below, and indicate any particular interests you may have.


 * Goals
 * To improve Wikipedia's coverage of the mountains of the Alps.
 * To create a high-quality article for every significant mountain in the range
 * To establish guidelines for Alps-related articles.
 * To encourage the creation or improvement of articles on all significant elements of the alpine environment


 * Scope
 * This project covers all mountains and their related features within the Alpine environment.

Article quality assessment
This table contains articles that have been assessed by Alps WikiProject. Articles are automatically placed in the appropriate sub-category when a rating is given.

As at January 2023 there were over 3,100 relevant articles in our WikiProject, virtually all of which have now received a quality assessment. Want to find something easy to work on which has the biggest impact? Articles marked as 'Stubs' or 'Start' class as well as Top or High importance are most in need of expansion and improvement. Just click a cell in the table to see a list of all articles in that quality and importance category. Look for one that takes your fancy to improve. It is often worth looking the articles in another language to find sources and information you could consider incorporating into the English language article.

Updating The Assessment Table is updated by a 'bot' every three days or so. Until 15 October 2020, a manual update can be forced by going to https://enwp10.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/update.fcgi. A new tool will then replace it (see https://wp1.openzim.org/#/)

Requested articles
The red links below are 'Notable' alps-related subjects that do not, as yet, exist on Wikipedia, but where there's merit in creating one. (Any names appearing as blue hyperlinks will have been recently made).

Feel free to add further names (plus any links to non-English Wikipedias or to published sources, if known)

Mountains

 * Aiguille du Fruit (fr:Aiguille du Fruit)
 * Beaufortain Massif (fr:Massif du Beaufortain)
 * Bessanèse (fr:Bessanèse)
 * Grand Argentier or Punta Nera
 * Grand Galibier    (fr:Grand Galibier)
 * Les Périades
 * Loreakopf (de:Loreakopf)
 * Dévoluy Mountains (fr:Massif du Dévoluy)
 * Mont-Cenis (fr:Massif du Mont-Cenis)
 * Monte Confinale (de:Monte Confinale)
 * Mont Ténibre or Monte Tenibres (it:Monte Tenibres)
 * Pics de Combeynot (fr:Pics de Combeynot)
 * Punta Clairy or Signal du Petit Mont-Cenis it means they have recently
 * Punta Rognosa di Sestriere
 * Sass Maor (it:Sass Maor)
 * Signal du Petit Mont Cenis or Pointe Clairy (it:Punta Clairy)
 * Taillefer Massif (fr:Massif du Taillefer)
 * Uia di Bessanese
 * Vieux Challol (fr:Vieux Challol)
 * Voirons (fr:Les Voirons)

Alpine people

 * Franz Andenmatten
 * Jean-Baptiste Bich
 * Joseph Biner (Guide)
 * Jean-Pierre Cachat
 * Jean-Baptiste Croz (1838-1905) Chamonix guide (brother of Michel Croz)
 * C.D. Cunningham
 * Giovanni Gnifetti
 * Giuseppe et Giovanni Battista Gugliermina (1870s-1960s) Fist ascensionists of numerous alpine summits and routes.
 * Peter Knubel (under construction)
 * Robert Wylie Lloyd (1868-1958) (Oxford DNB; British Museum records
 * Martin Moran (climber)
 * Michel-Clément Payot
 * Giuseppe Petigax (1860–1926)
 * Josef Pollinger
 * Mario Puchoz (1918–1954)
 * Ambros Supersaxo (1853-1932) Alpine guide. 1st ascent of Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey
 * Joseph Vallot (under construction)
 * (1826 -1900) -1st ascents of Dom, Täschhorn, Dufourspitze
 * (1826 -1900) -1st ascents of Dom, Täschhorn, Dufourspitze

Mountain refuges

 * Brenva Bivouac Hut
 * Canzio Bivouac Hut
 * Charpoua Hut
 * Conscrits Hut
 * Couvercle Hut - needs expanding (see French article)
 * Dames Anglaises (Craveri) Bivouac Hut
 * Eccles Bivouac Hut
 * Gervasutti Bivouac Hut
 * Jacchia Bivouac Hut
 * Monzino Hut
 * Plan Glacier Hut
 * Requin Hut
 * Triolet Hut / Refugio Dalmazzi
 * Weissmies Hut

Other topics

 * Guida dei Monti d'Italia
 * Guida dei Monti d'Italia

Articles in need of expansion or improvement
There are innumerable mountain articles that need improving - just check out the Article Overview table above! Perhaps you could find some top priority 'Stubs' you'd like to work on. Or see the following, or maybe add your suggestions for those you think most merit enhancement. And feel free to start work on one or more!
 * Antelao - a relatively popular page.
 * Carnic Alps
 * Chamechaude - currently a short stub - could easily be enhanced by someone
 * Grimming - a stunning mountain and an Ultra that deserves more than this but there isn't an article on Summitpost for us to use for a writeup. [Afternote: now recently expanded from German Wikipedia]
 * Grossglockner - currently graded start class (as at 2019), but with a little more work could easily be given a much better quality grading
 * Hochschwab (Mountain range)
 * Lauzière Massif
 * Marmolada - the highest summit in the Dolomites deserves being more than just a start-class page
 * Massif des Écrins -currently just a dull list. See Mont Blanc massif for example of what this could become.
 * Mont Blanc - merits bringing to GA or Featured Article quality. Current content is complex, unclear, or missing.
 * Sexten Dolomites
 * Tribulaun - A wonderful mountain (or arguably three mountains) sharing a tiny stub between them. Oddly there is only a page dedicated to the 2nd highest peak on Summitpost.
 * Vanoise Massif

Members
Please add your name to show your interest in contributing to mountain-related articles. And do add this page to your Watchlist.
 * - joined 2015, a mountaineer interested in enhancing articles on 4000mers (previous username: Parkywiki)
 * - added the Belledonne peaks.
 * - a mountaineer interested in enhancing articles on Alpine peaks, mostly in German-speaking regions of the Alps (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol)
 * - European hiker, mostly interested in Western Alps (but also Apennines and British Isles hills and mountains)
 * - mainly looking to create & improve articles for Alps in German-speaking areas
 * - a mountaineer interested in enhancing articles on Alpine peaks, mostly in German-speaking regions of the Alps (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol)
 * - European hiker, mostly interested in Western Alps (but also Apennines and British Isles hills and mountains)
 * - mainly looking to create & improve articles for Alps in German-speaking areas
 * - mainly looking to create & improve articles for Alps in German-speaking areas

Open tasks

 * Create a high-quality, encyclopedic article for the most notable mountains in the Alps (especially 4000ers), not just stubs.
 * Establish quality articles for each major sub-range in the Alps.
 * Add images to every article.
 * Expand the category below to include features other than mountains, perhaps through sub-categories.
 * Recruit more editors!

Requested images

 * Argentière Hut
 * Jardin de Talèfre on the Talèfre Glacier (preferably better than this)

Lists of mountains of the Alps

 * List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m (Wikipedia list)
 * List of mountains of the Alps (2500–2999 m)
 * List of mountains of the Alps (2000–2499 m)
 * List of Alpine peaks by prominence (Wikipedia list)
 * List of Alpine four-thousanders (climbing list)
 * Great north faces of the Alps (climbing list)

Alps Portal
Editors from this WikiProject help to maintain Portal:Alps, which provides a broad 'topic-taster' of articles relating to a wide range of Alpine subjects - and not just mountains.

You can assist by helping to maintain the Portal, or by adding links to it in the 'See also' sections of relevant pages. To do this, paste in the following code:

You might want to add the clear template immediately after the Portal template if the page layout is disrupted.

If the article doesn't already have a 'See also' section, you can create it by inserting the following code:

You might also consider adding one of the mountain-related links from List of mountains of the alps section, above.

Editors currently maintaining Portal:Alps, include:
 * Nick Moyes
 * Bermicourt

Members' library of resources
The following resources are owned by project members, who are willing to check details and provide references or other information, if required. Please add any alpine resources you hold and are willing to access to help others. Follow it with your username (sign with three keyboard tildes ).

Alpine Climbing Guides
 * Walliser Alpen (1983) M.Vaucher (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * The Alpine 4000m Peaks by the Classic Routes (1990) R. Goedeke (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Eastern Alps The Classic Routeson the Highest peaks (1992 English translation) D.Siebert (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Mont Blanc Massif Volume 1 (1990) L.Griffin (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Mont Blanc Massif Volume 2 (1992) L.Griffin (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Mont Blanc Range Vol (1976 reprinted 1987) R. Collomb Alpine Club (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * The Mont Blanc Massif - the 100 finest routes (1975 english translation) G.Rebuffat (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Valais Alps East Selected climbs(199 L.Swindin & P.Fleming - Alpine Club (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Valais Alps West Selected climbs (1998) L.Griffin -Alpine Club (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Bernese Oberland Selected climbs (1993) L.Swindin -Alpine Club (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Bernina & Greaglia Selected Climbs (1995) L Griffin -Alpine Club (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Pennine Alps East -Saas & Mischabel Chains (1975) Alpine Club (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Pennine Alps Central (1975) R.Collomb - Alpine Club (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Pennine Alps Central (1875) R.Collomb (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Ecrins Park Dauphinw Alps (1986) R.Collomb - Alpine Club (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Guida dei Monti d'Italia (Guide to Italian mountains; Milano, Club Alpino Italiano / Touring Club Italiano)
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Walking Guides
 * Walking in the Dolomites G.Price -Cicerone Press (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Bourne, Grant and Körner-Bourne, Sabine (2007). Walking in the Bavarian Alps, 2nd ed., Cicerone, Milnthorpe, ISBN 978-1-85284-497-4. (Bermicourt (talk)
 * Reynolds, Kev (2005). Walking in the Alps, 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, ISBN 978-1-85284-261-X. (Bermicourt (talk)
 * Reynolds, Kev (2009). Walking in Austria, 1st ed., Cicerone, Milnthorpe, ISBN 978-1-85284-538-4. (Bermicourt (talk)

4000m peaks, general
 * In Monte Viso's Horizon - climbing all the Alpine 4000m peaks (1991) W.McLewin (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Alps 4000 - 75 peaks in 52 days) (1994) M.Moran Parkywiki (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * High Mountains of the Alps (1994) Dumler & Burkhardt  (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * In Search of Limits - climbing the Alpine 4000m peaks (1994) M.Bles (Nick Moyes (talk))

General
 * High Level -The Alps from End to End (1983) D.Brett. (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Companion to the Alps (1974) H.Merrick (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * World Mountaineering (1998) A.Salkeld ed. Mitchel Beazley. (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Alpine Climbing: Techniques to take you higher (2004) M.Houston & K.Cosley (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Extreme Alpinism: Climbing light, fast and high (1999) M.F.Twight (Nick Moyes (talk))(Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Peaks, Passes & Glaciers (1981) W.Unsworth - The Alpine Club (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Mountains (1975) J.Cleare (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * The Mountain Vision (1941) F.S.Smythe (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Mountaineering Holiday (1940) F.S.Smythe (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Climbs on Alpine Peaks (1923) A.Achille Ratti (Pope Pius XI) (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Baedeker's Switzerland (1895) K.Baedeker (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Mountaineers - Great Tales of Bravery and Conquest (2011) The Alpine Club- Royal Geographical Society (Nick Moyes (talk))
 * Dickinson, Robert E (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen. . (Bermicourt (talk))
 * Elkins, T H (1972). Germany (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. . (Bermicourt (talk))
 * Rees, Henry (1974). Italy, Switzerland and Austria. A Geographical Study. Harrap, London, ISBN 0-245-51993-9. (Bermicourt (talk))
 * Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA. Priuli & Verlucca, Scarmagno, ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8 (Pampuco (talk))

Online resources
 * The Glaciers of the Alps(1860) J.Tyndall (Searchable)
 * The Alpine Journal (part searchable)

Template to assign articles to the Alps Project
Technically, this project currently functions as a task force of WikiProject Mountains. To mark articles as part of both projects, put WikiProject Mountains at the top of the talk page, with "alps=yes". This produces the banner below, and adds the talk page to Category:WikiProject Mountains articles and Category:Mountains of the Alps articles.

Just paste in the following code, note that you can insert a separate "alps-importance" parameter:

External links and resources

 * Topographic maps of the Alps available on-line
 * IGN (France)
 * Swisstopo (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
 * IGM (Italy)
 * BEV (Austria and south of Germany)
 * GIS (Slovenia)
 * OpenStreetMap of the Alps region


 * Bibliography to 'The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering after the Enlightenment' (very extensive, with links to online literature)
 * The Alpine Journal (from 1930 to 2014)- searchable