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Dec 09 2024
Jocotitlán
Jocotitlán | Xocotépetl 🏔️ Overview Jocotitlán is a prominent volcanic mountain rising above the highlands of the State of Mexico in central Mexico. Also known as Xocotépetl, the mountain reaches approximately 3,911 meters (12,831 feet) above sea level according to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program. Although it is far less famous internationally than Popocatépetl, …
Dec 08 2024
Reißeck
Reißeck 🏔️ Overview Reißeck, also known as Großes Reißeck, is a rugged 2,965-meter (9,728-foot) mountain in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the highest summit of the Reißeck Group, a compact but dramatic mountain group forming the southern part of the larger Ankogel Group within the Hohe Tauern. Although Reißeck does not quite reach …
Dec 08 2024
Sutai Mountain
Sutai Mountain | Sutai Khairkhan | Sutai Uul | Mongolian: Сутай хайрхан уул 🏔️ Overview Sutai Mountain, commonly known as Sutai Khairkhan or Sutai Uul, is one of the great high mountains of western Mongolia. Rising above the dry steppes and broad valleys of the Altai region, the mountain forms a dramatic world of snow, …
Dec 07 2024
Säuleck
Säuleck 🏔️ Overview Säuleck is a striking 3,086-meter (10,125-foot) mountain in the Ankogel Group of Austria’s Hohe Tauern, rising above the alpine valleys near Mallnitz in the state of Carinthia. Although surrounded by higher and more heavily glaciated summits, Säuleck has earned a reputation as one of the more approachable 3,000-meter mountains in the Eastern …
Dec 07 2024
Otgontenger
Otgontenger | Otgon Tenger Uul 🏔️ Overview Rising dramatically above the rugged landscapes of western-central Mongolia, Otgontenger—also written Otgon Tenger or Otgon Tenger Uul—is the highest mountain in the Khangai Mountains and one of Mongolia’s most culturally important peaks. Its name is commonly translated as “Youngest Sky.” Otgontenger is remarkable not only for its height …
Dec 06 2024
McGinnis Peak (Alaska Range)
McGinnis Peak McGinnis Peak is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain in Alaska’s Hayes Range, a rugged eastern subdivision of the Alaska Range. Rising to 11,400 feet (3,475 meters), the peak is surrounded by glaciers, sharp ridges, steep snowfields, and some of the most serious alpine terrain in Interior Alaska. Although overshadowed in elevation by nearby …
Dec 06 2024
Mount Kimball
Mount Kimball Mount Kimball is one of the most distinctive mountains of Alaska’s eastern interior. Rising above a remote landscape of glaciers, tundra, and rugged ridges, it is the highest summit in the Delta Mountains, an eastern subrange of the much larger Alaska Range. Although Mount Kimball is far lower than giants such as Denali …
Dec 06 2024
Tusac
Tusac 🏔️ Overview Tusac is a remote, glacier-fringed mountain in the Delta Mountains of Alaska’s eastern Alaska Range. Rising to approximately 9,860 feet (3,005 meters), the peak stands in the rugged high country southeast of Delta Junction, surrounded by glaciers, sharp ridges, and some of the least-developed mountain terrain in the United States. Tusac is …
Dec 06 2024
Black Cap (Fairbanks, Alaska)
Black Cap 🏔️ Overview Black Cap is a remote glaciated summit in the Delta Mountains of the eastern Alaska Range, rising above the upper reaches of the Castner Glacier system in Alaska. The mountain is commonly listed at approximately 9,850 feet (3,002 meters) and stands among a closely packed group of rugged peaks that includes …
Dec 06 2024
Mount Hajdukovich
Mount Hajdukovich 🏔️ Overview Mount Hajdukovich is a remote, glacier-bound mountain in the Delta Mountains of Alaska’s eastern Alaska Range. Rising to approximately 9,600 feet (2,926 meters) at its highest summit, the mountain stands among a rugged collection of seldom-visited peaks, glaciers, steep ridges, and broad wilderness east of the Richardson Highway. Although Mount Hajdukovich …
