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Nov 21 2024
Piz Bernina
Piz Bernina 🏔️ Overview Piz Bernina is the great high point of the Bernina Range and one of the defining mountains of the Swiss Alps. Rising to approximately 4,049 meters (13,285 feet), it is the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, the highest summit in Switzerland’s canton of Graubünden, and the only independent 4,000-meter peak …
Nov 20 2024
Mitre Peak (South Africa): Height, Location, Geology & Climbing Guide
Mitre Peak 🏔️ Overview Mitre Peak is a dramatic 3,023-meter (9,918-foot) mountain in the Cathedral Peak section of South Africa’s Drakensberg, in KwaZulu-Natal. Rising along the spectacular Cathedral Ridge, it is surrounded by an extraordinary collection of summits, including the Twins, Chessmen, Inner Horn, Outer Horn, Bell, and Cathedral Peak. Although nearby Cathedral Peak is …
Nov 20 2024
La Spedla
La Spedla | Punta Perrucchetti 🏔️ Overview La Spedla is a small but geographically significant 4,020-meter (13,188-foot) summit on the southern ridge of Piz Bernina, the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps. Also known as Punta Perrucchetti, Punta Generale Perrucchetti, or the Italian La Spalla, meaning “the shoulder,” it sits directly on the border between …
Nov 19 2024
Thabana Ntlenyana: Highest Mountain in Lesotho
Thabana Ntlenyana 🏔️ Overview Thabana Ntlenyana is the highest mountain in Lesotho, the highest summit in the Drakensberg–Maloti mountain system, and the highest mountain anywhere in Southern Africa. Rising to 3,482 meters (11,424 feet), it dominates a remote landscape of rolling alpine grasslands, deep valleys, high ridges, streams, and windswept plateaus. Unlike many famous high …
Nov 19 2024
Piz Zupò
Piz Zupò 🏔️ Overview Piz Zupò is a spectacular high Alpine summit rising to approximately 3,996 meters (13,109 feet) in the Bernina Range on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Standing just a few meters short of the celebrated 4,000-meter mark, it is the second-highest mountain in the Bernina Range, surpassed only by neighboring Piz …
Nov 18 2024
Mount Loolmalasin
Mount Loolmalasin Mount Loolmalasin is one of Tanzania’s great overlooked mountains. Rising above the volcanic Crater Highlands of northern Tanzania, it stands within the extraordinary landscape of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a region better known for its enormous caldera, abundant wildlife, and archaeological sites. Despite receiving only a fraction of the attention given to Mount …
Nov 18 2024
Ortles
Ortles | Ortler 🏔️ Overview Ortles, better known by its German name Ortler, is one of the great mountains of the Italian Alps. Rising to 3,905 meters (12,812 feet) in South Tyrol, it is the highest mountain in the Ortler Alps and the highest point in the province of South Tyrol. The mountain towers above …
Nov 17 2024
Mount Meru (Tanzania)
Mount Meru 🏔️ Overview Mount Meru is a massive stratovolcano rising above the city of Arusha in northern Tanzania. Although it stands in the shadow of nearby Mount Kilimanjaro, Meru is an extraordinary mountain in its own right, combining dramatic volcanic geology, wildlife-rich forests, steep crater walls, and one of East Africa’s finest high-altitude trekking …
Nov 17 2024
Gran Zebrù
Gran Zebrù | Königspitze Gran Zebrù, known in German as Königspitze, is one of the great glaciated mountains of the Italian Alps. Rising to 3,851 meters (12,635 feet), its steep pyramidal profile stands on the border between South Tyrol and Lombardy, immediately southeast of the higher Ortles. Although Gran Zebrù is only the second-highest summit …
Nov 16 2024
Cantabrian Mountains
The Cantabrian Mountains (Cordillera Cantábrica) form the rugged mountainous backbone of northern Spain, stretching roughly east to west between the Atlantic-facing coast and the high interior plateau of the Iberian Peninsula. Famous for their lush forests, deep valleys, limestone cliffs, wildlife, and dramatic alpine scenery, they include the spectacular Picos de Europa, one of Spain’s …
