Dec 16 2023
Pik Druzhba | Friendship Peak | Пик Дружба Pik Druzhba is a remote 6,800-meter summit in the Central Tian Shan of Xinjiang, China, close to the border with Kyrgyzstan. Its Russian name, Druzhba, means “friendship,” giving the mountain the alternative English name Friendship Peak. At 22,309 feet (6,800 meters), Pik Druzhba is among the highest …
Dec 16 2023
Chuelebos Feng | Chulebos | 却勒博斯 Chuelebos Feng is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain in China’s Xinjiang region, rising to approximately 6,769 meters (22,208 feet) in the Tian Shan. Also known as Chulebos, the mountain’s name has been translated as “Tiger.” It stands at the western end of an extraordinary high ridge west of the …
Dec 16 2023
Xuelian Feng | Snow Lotus Peak | 雪莲峰 Xuelian Feng is a spectacular 6,627-meter mountain in the Central Tian Shan of Xinjiang, China. Its name means “Snow Lotus Peak,” an appropriately graceful name for a mountain dominated by enormous glaciers, steep ice walls, corniced ridges, and remote high-altitude terrain. At 21,742 feet (6,627 meters), Xuelian …
Dec 15 2023
Danxia Feng | Mount Danxia Rising above the green subtropical landscape of northern Guangdong, Mount Danxia—Danxiashan (丹霞山) is a spectacular world of crimson cliffs, flat-topped rock towers, narrow ravines, caves, natural bridges, forested valleys, and winding rivers. Unlike a conventional mountain dominated by one summit, Mount Danxia is an extensive multi-peak mountain and red-rock landscape …
Dec 15 2023
Mount Jiuhua | Jǐuhuá Shān | 九华山 Rising above the forests and river valleys of southern Anhui Province, Mount Jiuhua—Jiuhuashan (九华山) is one of China’s great sacred mountain landscapes. Granite peaks, cloud-filled valleys, old-growth trees, steep stone stairways, Buddhist temples, monasteries, and isolated hermitages create a setting where geology and spiritual history have been intertwined for more …
Dec 14 2023
Ngga Pilimsit | Mount Idenburg Rising from the extraordinarily rugged highlands of western New Guinea, Ngga Pilimsit is one of Indonesia’s highest mountains and one of the most fascinating equatorial alpine peaks on Earth. Its summit reaches 4,717 meters (15,476 feet) in the western Sudirman Range of Central Papua, only a short distance from Puncak Jaya, …
Dec 13 2023
Xueshan | Mount Sylvia Rising above the forests and cloud-filled valleys of north-central Taiwan, Xueshan (雪山) is the second-highest mountain in Taiwan and the highest summit of the Xueshan Range. Its main peak reaches 3,886 meters (12,749 feet) within Shei-Pa National Park, placing it only 66 meters below Taiwan’s highest mountain, Yushan. The name Xueshan …
Dec 13 2023
Mount Yari | Yariga-take Rising like a stone spear above the rugged ridges of central Honshu, Mount Yari—Yari-ga-take (槍ヶ岳) is one of the most recognizable mountains in Japan. Its sharply pointed summit reaches 3,180 meters (10,433 feet) in the Hida Mountains, commonly called the Northern Japanese Alps, on the boundary between Nagano and Gifu prefectures. …
Dec 13 2023
Marishiten | Marishitenzan Rising from the rugged northern summit complex of Mount Ontake, Mount Marishiten—Marishitenzan (摩利支天山) is a 2,959-meter (9,708-foot) volcanic peak on the borderlands of Gifu and Nagano in central Honshu, Japan. Although it is overshadowed by Kengamine, Mount Ontake’s 3,067-meter main summit, Marishiten is an important mountain in its own right. Its rocky …
Dec 13 2023
Nangpai Gosum | Cho Aui Rising along the remote frontier between Nepal and Tibet, Nangpai Gosum is a 7,350-meter-class Himalayan mountain standing immediately southwest of Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world. The peak belongs to the Mahalangur Himal, the same great section of the Himalayas that contains Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and several of …
