Named after Canon (Domherr) Joseph Anton Berchtold of Sion, who in the 1830s and 1840s carried out the first triangulation survey of the Mischabel chain and identified this peak as the highest entirely within Switzerland. Dom is the Latin/German form of his ecclesiastical title.
Highest peak entirely within Switzerland.
The highest peak entirely within Switzerland, climbed on 11 September 1858 by the Anglican clergyman John Llewelyn Davies — better known as a London social reformer than a mountaineer — with three local guides from Randa. The voie normale from the Domhütte up the Festigrat is still the line of first ascent, and the Dom remains one of the most popular high training peaks for parties working up to bigger goals.
Route lines are approximate — drawn from guidebook waypoints, not GPS tracks. Don't navigate by them.
