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Aug 21 2024
Gross Spannort
Gross Spannort 🏔️ Overview Gross Spannort is a dramatic 3,198-meter (10,492-foot) mountain in the Uri Alps of Central Switzerland. Rising between the famous mountain resort of Engelberg and the Reuss Valley, it is one of the most distinctive rocky summits in the region, with steep walls, jagged ridges, glaciers, and broad fields of permanent snow …
Aug 20 2024
Titlis
Titlis 🏔️ Overview Titlis is one of the most recognizable mountains in Central Switzerland, rising to 3,238 meters (10,624 feet) in the Uri Alps. The summit stands on the boundary between the cantons of Obwalden and Bern, immediately south of the famous mountain resort of Engelberg. Unlike many 3,000-meter Alpine peaks, Titlis is accessible to …
Aug 19 2024
Ngadi Chuli
Ngadi Chuli (Manaslu II, Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna) Ngadi Chuli is one of the great high mountains of Nepal, rising to 7,871 meters (25,823 feet) in the Mansiri Himal, the same spectacular Himalayan massif that contains Manaslu and Himalchuli. Also known historically as Peak 29, the mountain is generally ranked as the 20th-highest independent …
Aug 19 2024
Himalchuli: Nepal’s 7,893-Meter Giant in the Mansiri Himal
Himalchuli (Himal Chuli) 🏔️ Overview Himalchuli, also written Himal Chuli, is one of the great high mountains of Nepal. Rising to 7,893 meters (25,896 feet), it is the second-highest mountain in the Mansiri Himal, surpassed only by neighboring Manaslu. By the commonly used rankings of independent mountains, Himalchuli is the 18th-highest mountain in the world. …
Aug 19 2024
Gyachung Kang: The World’s Highest Mountain Below 8,000 Meters
Gyachung Kang (ग्याचुङ्काङ, Gyāchung Kāng, 格重康峰, Gézhòngkāng Fēng) 🏔️ Overview Gyachung Kang is one of the great overlooked giants of the Himalayas. Rising to 7,952 meters (26,089 feet) on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, it is generally ranked as the 15th-highest independent mountain in the world and the highest …
Aug 19 2024
Chli Sustenhorn
Chli Sustenhorn 🏔️ Overview Chli Sustenhorn is a rugged 3,000-meter summit in the Uri Alps of central Switzerland, rising immediately north of the much higher Sustenhorn. Straddling the boundary between the cantons of Bern and Uri, the mountain forms part of the dramatic high-alpine landscape south of the Susten Pass, where glaciers, steep rock ridges, …
Aug 18 2024
Sustenhorn
Sustenhorn 🏔️ Overview Sustenhorn is a striking, heavily glaciated mountain in the Uri Alps of central Switzerland, rising to 3,502 meters (11,489 feet) on the border between the cantons of Bern and Uri. Located just south of the famous Susten Pass, it forms one of the most impressive high-alpine landscapes in this part of the …
Aug 17 2024
Eggstock
Eggstock 🏔️ Overview Eggstock is a high, glaciated mountain in the Uri Alps of Switzerland, rising to 3,554 meters (11,660 feet) along the border between the cantons of Uri and Valais. It forms the northern end of the great Dammastock chain, a rugged line of snow-covered summits surrounded by some of the most impressive glaciers …
Aug 16 2024
Schneestock
Schneestock Schneestock rises high in the glaciated heart of the Swiss Alps, standing immediately north of the better-known Dammastock on the border between the cantons of Uri and Valais. At approximately 3,608 meters (11,838 feet), it is the second-highest summit in the Urner Alps, surpassed only by neighboring Dammastock. Although Schneestock has relatively little topographic …
Aug 15 2024
Monte Nevoso
Monte Nevoso | Schneebiger Nock 🏔️ Overview Monte Nevoso, better known in German as Schneebiger Nock, is a 3,358-meter (11,017-foot) mountain in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It belongs to the Rieserferner Group of the Hohe Tauern, part of the Eastern Alps, and rises within the protected landscapes of the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park. After nearby Hochgall, …
