Curta, A. Lazier, O. Lazier on 18 January 1907. First solo ascent of the east face by Angelo Taveggia in 1924. First winter ascent of the east face in 1965 (February 5–6) by mountain guides Luciano Bettineschi, Felice Jacchini, Michele Pala and Lino Pironi. In June 1969, the extreme skier Sylvain Saudan descended the entire Marinelli Couloir on the east face. First solo winter ascent via the east face on February 4, 1991, by Walter Bernardi. Injured, he was rescued by helicopter on the descent near the Grenzsattel. Panorama See also List of Alpine four-thousanders List of mountains of Valais High Alps Notes External links Dufourspitze on SummitPost.org Dufourspitze on Hikr.org 360-degree panorama from the summit Computer generated summit panoramas North South Index Peakbagger link Mountain ranges of the Alps Mountain ranges of Switzerland Mountains of the Alps Pennine Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of Valais Monte Rosa Alpine four-thousanders Four-thousanders of Switzerland Highest points of Swiss cantons Seven Second Summits Highest points of countries