Jan 20 2024
Monte Bianco di Courmayeur 🏔️ Overview Monte Bianco di Courmayeur is a 4,748-meter (15,577-foot) subsidiary summit of Mont Blanc in the Mont Blanc Massif of the Alps. Known in French as Mont Blanc de Courmayeur, it rises southeast of the main Mont Blanc summit above the enormous Italian faces overlooking Courmayeur and Val Veny. Although …
Jan 20 2024
Matterhorn 🏔️ Overview The Matterhorn is one of the most recognizable mountains on Earth. Rising to 4,478 meters (14,692 feet) on the border between Switzerland and Italy, its nearly symmetrical pyramid towers above Zermatt in the Swiss canton of Valais and Breuil-Cervinia in Italy’s Aosta Valley. Known as Monte Cervino in Italian and Mont Cervin …
Dec 14 2023
Pic Luigi Amedeo | Pic Luigi Amadeo Rising from one of the wildest ridges on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, Pic Luigi Amedeo—Picco Luigi Amedeo in Italian—is a 4,469-meter (14,662-foot) summit in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps. Although its topographic prominence is modest, the peak holds an important place in Alpine mountaineering …
Oct 19 2023
Weisshorn Rising as an almost perfectly proportioned pyramid above the valleys of southern Switzerland, the Weisshorn is one of the most striking mountains in the Alps. Its three great ridges converge at a summit approximately 4,505 meters (14,780 feet) above sea level, placing it among the highest mountains in Switzerland and the 82 principal Alpine …
Oct 10 2023
Dom Rising to 4,545 meters (14,911 feet) in the Pennine Alps of Valais, the Dom is the highest mountain located entirely within Switzerland. It towers between the Mattertal and Saastal valleys, with Randa far below its western side and Saas-Fee beneath its immense eastern flank. The Dom is the highest summit of the Mischabel massif, …
Oct 10 2023
Liskamm (Lyskamm) Stretching as a brilliant white wall between Switzerland and Italy, Liskamm is one of the most imposing mountains of the Pennine Alps. Its long, heavily glaciated summit ridge contains two principal peaks: the East Summit, the mountain’s highest point, and the lower West Summit. The UIAA lists the East Summit at 4,527 meters …
Oct 09 2023
Tour Sallière | Tour Salière Rising to 3,220 meters (10,565 feet) above the lakes, glaciers, and limestone valleys of western Valais, Tour Sallière is one of the most distinctive high mountains in southwestern Switzerland. Its enormous three-sided pyramid rises between Lac de Salanfe, Lac d’Émosson, the Susanfe basin, and Grand Mont Ruan near the French …
Oct 09 2023
Monte Rosa (Dufourspitze) Rising to 4,634 meters (15,203 feet) in the Pennine Alps, Monte Rosa is the highest mountain massif in Switzerland and one of the greatest concentrations of 4,000-meter summits anywhere in the Alps. Its highest point, Dufourspitze, is the national high point of Switzerland and the highest Alpine summit outside the Mont Blanc …
Oct 08 2023
Stetind | Stetinden | Stádda Rising almost directly from the dark waters of Stefjorden in northern Norway, Stetinden—better known to generations of climbers simply as Stetind—is one of Scandinavia’s most recognizable mountains. Its smooth granite walls sweep upward into an unmistakable obelisk-like summit, capped by a comparatively flat, anvil-shaped top. Stetinden reaches approximately 1,391 meters …
Oct 08 2023
Gerlachov Peak | Gerlach | Gerlachovský štít Rising to approximately 2,655 meters (8,711 feet) in northern Slovakia, Gerlachov Peak, or Gerlachovský štít, is the highest mountain in Slovakia, the highest summit of the High Tatras, and the highest point in the entire Carpathian mountain system. Known informally simply as Gerlach, the mountain stands completely within …
