Vincent Pyramid
Named after Johann Niklaus Vincent, the Gressoney mineralogist who made the first ascent of any Monte Rosa summit in 1819. 'Pyramid' is descriptive of the peak's regular four-sided form.
Southern buttress of the Monte Rosa massif rising above the Lys glacier; one of the easiest 4000-metre peaks in the Alps.
The first 4000-metre summit of the Monte Rosa massif to be climbed: on 5 August 1819 by Johann Niklaus Vincent, a mineralogist from the Walser community at Gressoney, who reached the summit while prospecting for gold on the south flank of the massif. Vincent's was one of the earliest recorded ascents of any 4000er in the Alps — predating Mont Blanc only by Mont Blanc itself and a handful of Bernese summits. The peak is named after him.
Summit · huts that serve as bases for routes on this peak
- Rifugio Capanna Gnifetti3,647 m
- Rifugio Città di Mantova3,498 m