Sep 28 2023
Misery Hill Misery Hill is a high volcanic shoulder on the upper slopes of Mount Shasta in northern California, reaching approximately 13,846 feet (4,220 meters) above sea level. Located just below Mount Shasta’s summit plateau, it is one of the most memorable landmarks on the mountain’s standard Avalanche Gulch climbing route. Despite its name and …
Sep 26 2023
Archdeacons Tower Archdeacons Tower is a high subsidiary peak on Denali in Alaska, rising above 19,600 feet (5,974 meters) near the head of Harper Glacier. Located only about half a mile northwest of Denali’s 20,310-foot summit, the tower forms one of the most recognizable landmarks encountered during the final summit-day climb on the mountain’s famous …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Mitchell Mount Mitchell is the highest mountain in North Carolina, the highest summit in the Appalachian Mountains, and the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Rising to 6,684 feet (2,037 meters) in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina, the peak towers above an exceptionally rugged landscape of spruce-fir …
Sep 26 2023
Taylor Peak Taylor Peak is a 13,156-foot (4,010-meter) summit on the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Rising at the head of dramatic Loch Vale between Powell Peak and Hallett Peak, the mountain combines broad alpine tundra on its western slopes with a much steeper eastern face overlooking glaciers, lakes, and some of …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Haley Mount Haley, also known locally as Haley Peak, is the highest summit in Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains, rising to approximately 2,485 feet (757 meters) in Comanche County. Although lower in absolute elevation than Oklahoma’s state high point at Black Mesa, Mount Haley is one of the most topographically distinctive peaks in the state, with …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Aylmer Mount Aylmer is a 3,162-meter (10,374-foot) summit in Alberta’s Palliser Range, rising north of Lake Minnewanka on the eastern edge of the Canadian Rockies. It is the highest mountain in the Palliser Range, with an impressive 1,142 meters (3,747 feet) of topographic prominence and more than 33 kilometers of isolation. The mountain is …
Sep 26 2023
Cerro Risco Plateado Cerro Risco Plateado is a remote 4,999-meter (16,401-foot) stratovolcano rising in the Andes of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Positioned in the rugged Cordillera Principal near the Chilean border, the mountain combines exceptional topographic prominence with a complex volcanic history, a broad summit caldera, ancient lava flows, and terrain heavily modified by glaciers. Despite …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Adams Mount Adams is one of the great volcanic mountains of the Pacific Northwest, rising to approximately 12,280 feet (3,743 meters) in southern Washington. It is the second-highest mountain in Washington, surpassed only by Mount Rainier, and one of the tallest summits in the Cascade Range. Broad, heavily glaciated, and extraordinarily massive, Mount Adams …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Forbes Mount Forbes is one of the great high mountains of the Canadian Rockies, rising deep within the wilderness of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Its steep layered walls, snow-covered ridges, surrounding glaciers, and distinctive pointed summit give it the unmistakable appearance of a serious alpine mountain. Modern topographic datasets place Mount Forbes …
Sep 26 2023
Grassy Ridge Bald Grassy Ridge Bald is one of the most beautiful high-elevation summits in the southern Appalachian Mountains, rising to approximately 6,194 feet (1,888 meters) in the Roan Highlands of western North Carolina. Its broad, mostly treeless summit is covered by grasses, wildflowers, rhododendrons, and low shrubs, creating panoramic views that extend across layer …
