Oct 07 2024
Store Hellstugutinden 🏔️ Overview Store Hellstugutinden is one of the great high summits of Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains. Rising to approximately 2,346 meters (7,697 feet) above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Hellstugutindan ridge and ranks among the highest mountains in Norway. The mountain stands in Lom Municipality in Innlandet, within Jotunheimen National …
Oct 06 2024
Store Memurutinden Store Memurutinden rises deep within Norway’s Jotunheimen National Park, where glaciers, high ridges, and some of Scandinavia’s tallest mountains create one of northern Europe’s great alpine landscapes. The mountain is particularly interesting because its summit measurements require a little explanation. Store Memurutinden consists of several closely spaced high points. Modern Norwegian peak databases …
Oct 05 2024
Surtingssue Surtningssue is one of the great high summits of Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains. Rising to 2,368 meters (7,769 feet) above sea level, the mountain stands north of the long, emerald-colored lake Gjende and commands an exceptional position among the glaciers, valleys, and 2,000-meter peaks of eastern Jotunheimen. Although Surtningssue is among Norway’s highest mountains, reaching …
Oct 03 2024
Feldberg 🏔️ Overview Feldberg is the highest mountain in Germany’s Black Forest and the highest point in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rising to approximately 1,494 meters (4,903 feet), the broad summit stands above the forested hills, glacial valleys, high meadows, and lakes of the southern Black Forest. Although Feldberg is far lower than Germany’s Alpine …
Oct 02 2024
Wildspitz Wildspitz rises above the lakes and rolling foothills of Central Switzerland as the highest summit of the Rossberg ridge. At 1,580 meters (5,184 feet), it is modest in elevation compared with Switzerland’s famous 4,000-meter giants, yet its strong topographic prominence, panoramic setting, and position on the boundary between the cantons of Zug and Schwyz …
Oct 01 2024
Rigi Kulm 🏔️ Overview Rigi Kulm is the highest summit of the Rigi massif in Central Switzerland and one of the country’s most celebrated panoramic mountains. Rising to 1,797.2 meters (5,896 feet), the summit stands above a remarkable landscape of lakes, rolling foothills, alpine pastures, forests, and the higher ranges of the Swiss Alps. Its …
Sep 19 2024
🏔️ Overview The Pyrenees form one of Europe’s great mountain barriers, stretching between Spain and France and enclosing the small mountain nation of Andorra. Running for roughly 490 kilometers (305 miles) from the Atlantic side of southwestern Europe to the Mediterranean, the range is a spectacular landscape of granite summits, immense limestone cliffs, glacial valleys, …
Sep 09 2024
Buochserhorn 🏔️ Overview Buochserhorn is a distinctive 1,806-meter mountain rising above Lake Lucerne in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. Although modest in elevation compared with the glacier-covered giants farther south, its isolated position, steep green slopes, and remarkably open summit make it one of Central Switzerland’s rewarding panoramic hiking mountains. The Swiss Alpine Club describes …
Aug 29 2024
Risetenstock 🏔️ Overview Risetenstock is a striking 2,290-meter (7,513-foot) mountain in the Urner Alps of central Switzerland. Rising along the boundary between the cantons of Nidwalden and Uri, the mountain forms part of a long, scenic ridge that connects several notable summits, including Schwalmis, Hoh Brisen, and Oberbauenstock. Although Risetenstock is considerably lower than the …
Aug 28 2024
Hoh Brisen Hoh Brisen is a rugged mountain in the Urner Alps of Central Switzerland, rising to 2,413 meters (7,917 feet) on the boundary between the cantons of Nidwalden and Uri. Although it is slightly higher than its better-known neighbor, Brisen, Hoh Brisen receives far fewer visitors because reaching its summit involves an exposed, demanding …
