The Vincent Pyramid (

Walser German Walser German () and Walliser German (, locally ) are a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in parts of Switzerland (Valais, Ticino, Grisons), Italy (Piedmont, Aosta Valley), Liechtenstein (Triesenberg, Planken), and Austria (Vorarlberg ...

: Vincentpiramid, , ) () is a

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of the

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, located on the border between the

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regions of

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and

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. The Vincent Pyramid makes up a large buttress of the huge multi-summited

Monte Rosa Monte Rosa (; ; ; or ; ) is a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, on the border between Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley) and Switzerland (Valais). The highest peak of the massif, amongst several peaks of over , is the D ...

. It lies south of the Ludwigshöhe on the border with

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, between the Lysgletscher and the Piode Glacier. A secondary summit of the Vincent Pyramid, the Punta Giordani/Giordanispétz (), lies to the southeast. Both Vincent Pyramid and Punta Giordani are on the official UIAA

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. The Vincent Pyramid summit was successfully climbed on 15 August 1819 by the brothers Nicolas (Johann Nikolaus) and Joseph Vincent from Gressoney-Saint-Jean, after whom the peak has been named. It is one of the few peaks on Monte Rosa to lie entirely within Italian territory and is the fourth highest peak, completely in Italy. It is normally ascended from the

Gnifetti Hut The Gnifetti Hut (Italian: ''Capanna Giovanni Gnifetti'') is a refuge in the Alps in Aosta Valley, Italy. It is located at an altitude of , and provides access to mountaineers climbing any of the fifteen nearby 4,000 metre high summits of the ...

at the foot of the Lys Glacier and is rated as PD (Peu Difficile); a straightforward introduction to alpine climbing and often ascended in conjunction with another peak on

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Vincent Pyramid on Hikr
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