Nordend

The 'north end' — second-highest summit of the Monte Rosa massif, just over the international border from the Dufourspitze. Climbed on 26 August 1861 by an English party from the Italian side. The Nordend is more remote than its higher neighbour and is most often reached by climbers who continue across the summit ridge after the Dufourspitze; alternatively from the Margherita hut. Its north face onto the Macugnaga glacier — part of the Monte Rosa east face, the largest mountain wall in the Alps — was first climbed in 1879.