The Dent Blanche is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, lying in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[4] The summit of Dent Blanche is an important geographic place as it is the converging point of three ridges.

The respective villages of Evolène, Zinal and Zermatt lie approximatively at the same distance of the mountain.

The Ober Gabelhorn (west), Dent d'Hérens and Matterhorn (south) are the closest high summits.

On 12 July 1862, T. S. Kennedy, after an attempt on the east face of the unconquered Matterhorn, almost reached the summit with the guides Peter Taugwalder and his son.

Kennedy would finally reach the summit only a few days later, on July 18, 1862 with W. Wigram, J. Croz and J. Konig, despite adverse weather conditions.

[6] A route on the east ridge was opened on 11 August 1882 by John Stafford Anderson and G. P. Baker, with guides Alois Pollinger of St. Niklaus in the canton Valais and Ulrich Almer.

They started from the Mountet Hut and arrived at the summit after a difficult 12 hours climbing on a dangerous ridge overlooking the north face.