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Oct 04 2023
Sass Pordoi: Elevation, Cable Car, Hiking, Geology & Fast Facts
Sass Pordoi Rising to approximately 2,950 meters (9,678 feet) above Passo Pordoi, Sass Pordoi is one of the most accessible high summits in the Dolomites and one of the finest viewpoints in northern Italy. Its broad, almost barren summit forms part of the southern edge of the Sella Group, where enormous layered cliffs rise abruptly …
Oct 04 2023
Sella Towers
Sella Towers (Sellatürme) The Sella Towers, known in Italian as the Torri del Sella and in German as the Sellatürme, are a spectacular group of five rock towers rising above Passo Sella in the Italian Dolomites. Their steep pale walls stand along the western edge of the Sella Group, directly across the pass from the …
Oct 04 2023
Boèseekofel
Boèseekofel Boèseekofel, also widely known as Piz da Lech or Piz da Lec de Boè, is a striking 2,913-meter peak in the eastern part of the Sella Group in Italy’s Dolomites. Rising above the Vallon basin and the resort village of Corvara in Alta Badia, the mountain combines sheer rock walls, a surprisingly approachable normal …
Oct 03 2023
Cima Pisciadù
Cima Pisciadù Cima Pisciadù, also known as Piz Pisciadù or Pisciadùspitze, is a dramatic 2,985-meter peak in the northern part of the Sella Group in Italy’s Dolomites. Rising above the turquoise waters of Lago Pisciadù and the Rifugio Franco Cavazza al Pisciadù, the mountain combines towering rock walls, a rugged high-alpine plateau, historic climbing terrain, …
Sep 30 2023
Bu’gyai Kangri
Bu’gyai Kangri Bu’gyai Kangri is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain rising to 6,328 meters (20,761 feet) in the eastern Tibetan Plateau of China. Also written as Bugyai Kangri or Bujia Gangri, the mountain is known in Chinese as 布加岗日 and forms the high point of an enormous ice-covered massif in the Tibet Autonomous Region. With …
Sep 30 2023
Yebokangal
Yebokangal Yebokangal, more commonly written Yebokangal Ri and also known as Jebo Kangri, is a 7,365-meter (24,163-foot) Himalayan peak in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Rising immediately north of Shishapangma, the world’s fourteenth-highest mountain, Yebokangal forms part of the same enormous snow-covered massif and is connected to its much higher neighbor by glaciated ridges …
Sep 30 2023
Illilouette Ridge
Illilouette Ridge Illilouette Ridge is a broad granite ridge in Yosemite National Park, rising above the Illilouette Creek drainage and south of Yosemite Valley in California’s Sierra Nevada. Although it receives far less attention than nearby landmarks such as Half Dome and Sentinel Dome, the ridge forms an important part of Yosemite’s southern rim and …
Sep 30 2023
Johnson Top
Johnson Top Johnson Top is a 1,870-foot (570-meter) summit straddling the boundary between Madison and Jackson counties in northern Alabama. Part of the Southern Cumberland Plateau and the broader Appalachian Mountains, the forested summit is notable not only for its elevation but also because it serves as the highest point of both Madison County and …
Sep 30 2023
Clouds Rest
Clouds Rest Clouds Rest is a broad granite summit rising to approximately 9,930 feet (3,027 meters) in Yosemite National Park, California. Positioned high above Tenaya Canyon and northeast of Half Dome, it offers one of the most expansive summit panoramas in Yosemite, with views stretching across Yosemite Valley, the High Sierra, the Cathedral Range, and …
Sep 30 2023
Brushy Top (Georgia)
Brushy Top Brushy Top is a forested summit in Gilmer County, Georgia, rising to about 2,430 feet (741 meters) in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Located west of Ellijay and southeast of Chatsworth, the mountain occupies a quieter corner of north Georgia where wooded ridges, deep stream valleys, and scattered rural communities form the transition …
