May 19 2026
🏔️ Overview Liechtenstein may be one of Europe’s smallest countries, but its landscape is unmistakably mountainous. The principality covers only about 160 square kilometers between Switzerland and Austria, yet it rises from the broad Rhine Valley to steep limestone ridges exceeding 2,500 meters. Nearly all of Liechtenstein’s mountains belong to the Rätikon, a rugged section …
May 18 2026
Celestial Peak | Tiandu Feng | Capital of Heaven Peak | 天都峰天 🏔️ Overview Celestial Peak, more commonly called Tiandu Peak or Tiandu Feng, is one of the three celebrated principal summits of Huangshan in eastern China. Rising above a maze of granite towers, forested ravines, and cloud-filled valleys, it is widely regarded as the most …
May 17 2026
Bright Peak | Brightness Summit | Guangming Ding 🏔️ Overview Bright Peak, commonly known by its Chinese name Guangming Ding, is one of the three celebrated main summits of Huangshan in eastern China. Rising to 1,860 meters (6,102 feet), it is generally recognized as the second-highest peak in the range, standing only four meters below …
May 16 2026
🏔️ Overview North Macedonia is one of the most mountainous countries in southeastern Europe. High ridges, forested slopes, limestone plateaus, glacial landforms, deep river valleys, and broad intermountain basins cover much of this compact Balkan nation. The country’s most dramatic mountains rise in the west, where the Šar Mountains and the Korab massif form rugged …
May 16 2026
Mount Hua | Huashan Mountain | Huà Shān | 华山 Mount Hua—also known as Huashan—is a dramatic granite mountain in China’s Shaanxi Province. Famous for knife-edge ridges, near-vertical stairways, ancient Taoist temples, and pathways carved directly into cliffs, it is often described as one of the steepest and most thrilling mountains in China. The mountain …
May 15 2026
Mount Putuo | Pǔtuó Shān | Mount Potalaka | 普陀山 🏔️ Overview Mount Putuo—also written Putuoshan or Putuo Shan—is a sacred island mountain in the Zhoushan Archipelago of Zhejiang Province, China. Rising from the East China Sea, it combines forested hills, granite headlands, sandy beaches, sea caves, Buddhist temples, and centuries-old pilgrimage routes within a remarkably compact …
May 14 2026
Großer Hafner | Grosser Hafner 🏔️ Overview Großer Hafner is a prominent 3,076-meter mountain in the Austrian Alps. It rises along the border between the federal states of Carinthia and Salzburg, forming the highest point of both the Hafner Group and Salzburg’s Lungau region. The mountain belongs to the Ankogel Group, one of the principal …
May 13 2026
🏔️ Overview Montenegro is one of Europe’s smallest countries, but its mountain landscapes are remarkably varied. Jagged limestone summits rise above glacial valleys in the north, broad highland plateaus spread across the interior, and steep coastal mountains descend almost directly toward the Adriatic Sea. Most of Montenegro’s mountains belong to the Dinaric Alps, also called …
May 13 2026
Colorado’s highest mountains form one of the most impressive concentrations of alpine summits in the United States. Every mountain in the state’s top ten rises above 14,270 feet, and all belong to the Southern Rocky Mountains. These peaks are distributed among several ranges, from the broad high ridges of the Sawatch Range to the steep, …
May 12 2026
🏔️ Overview Mount Narodnaya is the highest mountain in the Ural Mountains, reaching approximately 1,895 meters (6,217 feet) above sea level. The mountain rises in the remote Subpolar Urals of northern Russia, close to the boundary between the Komi Republic and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Although Mount Narodnaya is much lower than the great summits …
