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Jan 22 2024
Bankhead Mound
Bankhead Mound Bankhead Mound is a low but distinctive natural summit in Wheeler County, Texas, near the historic town of Mobeetie in the eastern Texas Panhandle. Although its gentle profile is very different from the rugged mountains of western Texas, the mound rises above an open landscape of rolling prairie, creek valleys, ranchland, and broad …
Jan 22 2024
Mount Huntington (Alaska)
Mount Huntington Mount Huntington is one of the most striking mountains in Alaska’s central Alaska Range, rising as a steep pyramid of rock, snow, and ice within Denali National Park and Preserve. At approximately 12,240 feet (3,731 meters), it is considerably lower than nearby Denali and Mount Hunter, yet its dramatic relief and highly technical …
Jan 21 2024
Bashful Peak
Bashful Peak Bashful Peak is the highest mountain in Chugach State Park and the highest point within the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Rising to 8,005 feet (2,440 meters) in the western Chugach Mountains, the peak combines exceptional topographic prominence with steep ridges, glaciers, notoriously loose rock, and a surprisingly remote approach despite its location within …
Jan 21 2024
Bold Peak
Bold Peak Bold Peak is one of the most recognizable mountains surrounding Eklutna Lake in Alaska’s western Chugach Mountains. Rising to 7,522 feet (2,293 meters) within Chugach State Park, the mountain towers dramatically above the Eklutna Valley and forms one of the area’s defining landmarks. Its steep, dark profile gives Bold Peak an imposing presence …
Jan 21 2024
Mount Vancouver
Mount Vancouver | Good Neighbor Peak (South Summit) Mount Vancouver is a massive, heavily glaciated summit in the Saint Elias Mountains, rising in the remote borderlands of Canada’s Yukon Territory and Alaska. The mountain’s principal northern summit reaches approximately 15,787 feet (4,812 meters) and lies within Kluane National Park and Reserve in Yukon, while its …
Jan 21 2024
Punta Maquignaz
Punta Maquignaz Punta Maquignaz, also known in French as Pointe Maquignaz, is a 3,801-meter (12,470-foot) alpine summit on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It rises along the dramatic east ridge of Dent d’Hérens in the Pennine Alps, only a few kilometers west of the Matterhorn. Rather than being an isolated mountain, Punta Maquignaz forms …
Jan 21 2024
Castor
Castor 🏔️ Overview Castor is a striking 4,223-meter (13,855-foot) mountain in the Pennine Alps, rising along the high Alpine frontier between Switzerland’s canton of Valais and Italy’s Aosta Valley. Together with nearby Pollux, it forms the famous pair of summits known as the “Twins,” named for Castor and Pollux of classical mythology. Of the two …
Jan 21 2024
Breithorn (Western Summit)
Breithorn (Western Summit) Rising above the glaciers east of the Matterhorn, the Breithorn’s Western Summit is one of the most recognizable 4,000-meter peaks in the Pennine Alps. At 4,164 meters (13,661 feet), it is the highest point of the broad, heavily glaciated Breithorn ridge on the border between Switzerland and Italy. The mountain has an …
Jan 21 2024
Klein Matterhorn
Klein Matterhorn Klein Matterhorn is a dramatic high-Alpine summit above Zermatt in Switzerland’s canton of Valais. Rising beside the glaciers south of the village and immediately west of the Breithorn, the mountain is famous for something unusual: visitors can travel almost all the way to its summit by cable car. The tourist complex on the …
Jan 21 2024
Testa Grigia
Testa Grigia Testa Grigia is a 3,479-meter (11,416-foot) summit in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Rising above the vast glacial terrain south of the Matterhorn and west of Klein Matterhorn, it occupies one of the most spectacular high-altitude landscapes in the Alps. The mountain is closely associated with Plateau Rosa, …
