Feb 22 2025
Zwölferkogel 🏔️ Overview Zwölferkogel is a rugged limestone mountain in Austria’s Totes Gebirge, part of the Northern Limestone Alps. Rising to a commonly cited elevation of 2,099 meters (6,886 feet), the peak stands near the northern edge of the range and forms the northernmost major summit of the distinctive group known as the Almtaler Sonnenuhr, …
Feb 22 2025
Schönberg 🏔️ Overview Schönberg is a 2,093-meter (6,867-foot) mountain in the Totes Gebirge of the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria. Also known locally as Wildenkogel, it rises directly along the border between Upper Austria and Styria and forms the highest summit of the western part of the Totes Gebirge. Although considerably lower than Großer Priel, …
Feb 21 2025
🏔️ Overview The Vosges Mountains are a broad, forested mountain range in northeastern France, rising between the Alsace Plain and Upper Rhine Valley to the east and the Lorraine Plateau to the west. Although considerably lower than the Alps and Pyrenees, the Vosges are one of the major mountain regions of France and contain some …
Feb 20 2025
Store Rauddalseggi | Store Rauddalseggje 🏔️ Overview Store Rauddalseggi, officially spelled Store Rauddalseggje by the Norwegian Mapping Authority, is a dramatic 2,168-meter (7,113-foot) mountain in Norway’s Jotunheimen region. Rising above Rauddalen and the surrounding high valleys, the peak is distinguished by its considerable topographic prominence, rugged ridges, and commanding position in one of Scandinavia’s finest …
Feb 20 2025
The Wicklow Mountains form Ireland’s largest continuous upland region, spreading across the heart of County Wicklow and extending into parts of Dublin, Carlow, and Wexford. Characterized by rounded granite summits, sweeping blanket bogs, deep glacial valleys, mountain lakes, and historic settlements, the range contains some of the most recognizable landscapes in eastern Ireland. At 925 …
Feb 19 2025
Falketind 🏔️ Overview Falketind is one of the most historically important and visually striking mountains in Norway’s Jotunheimen region. Rising to approximately 2,068 meters (6,785 feet) above sea level in Årdal Municipality, Vestland county, the mountain is distinguished by steep ridges, glacial terrain, and a sharply defined alpine profile. The peak occupies the western part …
Feb 19 2025
Hellevassfonni 🏔️ Overview Hellevassfonni is a high mountain summit on Hallingskarvet, a long, elevated mountain ridge in southern Norway. The summit lies in Hol Municipality in Buskerud and forms part of the broader Scandinavian Mountains. The name can be slightly confusing because Hellevassfonni is also the name of the small glacier immediately beside the summit. …
Feb 19 2025
Aonach Beag 🏔️ Overview Aonach Beag is one of the great high mountains of the Scottish Highlands, rising to approximately 1,234 meters (4,049 feet) in Lochaber, close to Fort William. It stands immediately east of Ben Nevis and forms part of the mountainous western end of the Grampian Mountains. With a prominence of about 404 …
Feb 19 2025
Ben Lawers 🏔️ Overview Ben Lawers is one of Scotland’s highest and most distinctive mountains, rising above the northern shore of Loch Tay in Perth and Kinross. At 1,214 meters (3,984 feet), it is the 10th-highest Munro in Scotland and the highest summit in the Breadalbane area of the Scottish Highlands. The mountain forms the …
Feb 19 2025
Ben More 🏔️ Overview Ben More is one of the great mountains of the southern Scottish Highlands, rising prominently above Glen Dochart near the village of Crianlarich in central Scotland. Its steep, broad-sided profile makes it one of the most recognizable mountains in this part of the Highlands. Reaching 1,174 meters (3,852 feet) above sea …
