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Sep 29 2023
Rock Mountain (Alabama)
Rock Mountain Rock Mountain is a forested ridge summit near McCalla in Jefferson County, Alabama, rising to approximately 843 feet (257 meters). Although modest in elevation, the mountain is a surprisingly prominent feature of the southwestern Birmingham region, standing along the edge of the Cumberland Plateau where Alabama’s Appalachian uplands meet the long valleys and …
Sep 29 2023
Gunters Mountain
Gunters Mountain Gunters Mountain is a broad, plateau-like mountain rising to approximately 1,390 feet (424 meters) in Marshall County, Alabama. Part of the southern Cumberland Plateau and the larger Appalachian Mountains, the mountain stands above the Tennessee River and Guntersville Lake between Guntersville and Scottsboro. Although its elevation is modest compared with the highest mountains …
Sep 28 2023
Piz Boè
Piz Boè Piz Boè is the highest mountain in the Sella Group of the Italian Dolomites, rising to approximately 3,152 meters (10,340 feet). Its distinctive pyramidal summit stands above the vast, pale plateau at the heart of the Sella massif, where the provinces of Bolzano, Trento, and Belluno meet. Despite exceeding 3,000 meters, Piz Boè …
Sep 28 2023
Cima della Rosetta
Cima della Rosetta | Rosetta Cima della Rosetta, often shortened to Cima Rosetta, is a 2,743-meter (8,999-foot) mountain in the Pale di San Martino group of the Italian Dolomites. Rising directly above the resort village of San Martino di Castrozza in Trentino, the summit stands at the western edge of the vast Altopiano delle Pale, …
Sep 28 2023
Misery Hill
Misery Hill Misery Hill is a high volcanic shoulder on the upper slopes of Mount Shasta in northern California, reaching approximately 13,846 feet (4,220 meters) above sea level. Located just below Mount Shasta’s summit plateau, it is one of the most memorable landmarks on the mountain’s standard Avalanche Gulch climbing route. Despite its name and …
Sep 26 2023
Archdeacons Tower
Archdeacons Tower Archdeacons Tower is a high subsidiary peak on Denali in Alaska, rising above 19,600 feet (5,974 meters) near the head of Harper Glacier. Located only about half a mile northwest of Denali’s 20,310-foot summit, the tower forms one of the most recognizable landmarks encountered during the final summit-day climb on the mountain’s famous …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell Mount Mitchell is the highest mountain in North Carolina, the highest summit in the Appalachian Mountains, and the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Rising to 6,684 feet (2,037 meters) in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina, the peak towers above an exceptionally rugged landscape of spruce-fir …
Sep 26 2023
Taylor Peak (Grand County, Colorado)
Taylor Peak Taylor Peak is a 13,156-foot (4,010-meter) summit on the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Rising at the head of dramatic Loch Vale between Powell Peak and Hallett Peak, the mountain combines broad alpine tundra on its western slopes with a much steeper eastern face overlooking glaciers, lakes, and some of …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Haley
Mount Haley Mount Haley, also known locally as Haley Peak, is the highest summit in Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains, rising to approximately 2,485 feet (757 meters) in Comanche County. Although lower in absolute elevation than Oklahoma’s state high point at Black Mesa, Mount Haley is one of the most topographically distinctive peaks in the state, with …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Aylmer
Mount Aylmer Mount Aylmer is a 3,162-meter (10,374-foot) summit in Alberta’s Palliser Range, rising north of Lake Minnewanka on the eastern edge of the Canadian Rockies. It is the highest mountain in the Palliser Range, with an impressive 1,142 meters (3,747 feet) of topographic prominence and more than 33 kilometers of isolation. The mountain is …
