Nov 29 2024
L’Olan | Olan L’Olan is one of the great rock mountains of the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. Rising to 3,564 meters (11,693 feet), its dark, steep-sided summit dominates the Valgaudemar, Valjouffrey, and Vénéon valleys inside Écrins National Park. Although L’Olan is considerably lower than the 4,000-meter giants farther east in the massif, …
Nov 28 2024
The Apennines, or Appennini in Italian, form the long mountainous backbone of the Italian Peninsula. Stretching from northwestern Italy almost to the toe of the country, the range passes through a remarkable variety of landscapes: forested ridges, limestone massifs, high grasslands, karst plateaus, deep gorges, isolated villages, and some of the wildest country in Italy. …
Nov 27 2024
Roche de la Muzelle Roche de la Muzelle is one of the most distinctive mountains on the western edge of the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. Rising to approximately 3,465 meters (11,368 feet) in the Isère department, the mountain is recognizable from a considerable distance thanks to its steep pyramidal profile, lingering glacier …
Nov 26 2024
Aneto 🏔️ Overview Aneto is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees, rising to 3,404 meters (11,168 feet) in northeastern Spain. The mountain towers above the Benasque Valley in the province of Huesca, Aragón, and forms the highest point of the rugged Maladeta Massif. Aneto is also the highest mountain in Aragón, the second-highest summit on …
Nov 25 2024
Shkhara Shkhara rises above the remote valleys of Upper Svaneti as the highest mountain in Georgia and one of the great summits of the Caucasus. Standing directly on the Georgia–Russia border, this immense, heavily glaciated mountain forms the eastern end of the famous Bezengi Wall, a formidable chain of high peaks, steep faces, ridges, and …
Nov 24 2024
Grenzgipfel 🏔️ Overview Grenzgipfel is a 4,618-meter (15,151-foot) summit of the Monte Rosa massif in the Pennine Alps, standing directly on the international border between Italy and Switzerland. Its German name translates simply as “Border Summit,” an unusually literal name for a peak whose geographic importance comes largely from its position on the frontier. Although …
Nov 23 2024
Nordend 🏔️ Overview Nordend is a spectacular snow-and-rock summit on the northern edge of the Monte Rosa massif, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy. Rising to 4,608 meters (15,118 feet), it is one of the highest summits in the Alps and the northernmost major peak of Monte Rosa. Although Nordend is overshadowed by neighboring …
Nov 22 2024
Nadelhorn 🏔️ Overview Nadelhorn is a striking 4,000-meter summit in the Mischabel group of the Pennine Alps, rising above the Saas Valley and Mattertal in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Reaching a commonly quoted elevation of 4,327 meters (14,196 feet), it is the highest summit on the celebrated Nadelgrat, a spectacular ridge linking five Alpine …
Nov 21 2024
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
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 …
