Nov 19 2024
Piz Zupò 🏔️ Overview Piz Zupò is a spectacular high Alpine summit rising to approximately 3,996 meters (13,109 feet) in the Bernina Range on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Standing just a few meters short of the celebrated 4,000-meter mark, it is the second-highest mountain in the Bernina Range, surpassed only by neighboring Piz …
Nov 18 2024
Ortles | Ortler 🏔️ Overview Ortles, better known by its German name Ortler, is one of the great mountains of the Italian Alps. Rising to 3,905 meters (12,812 feet) in South Tyrol, it is the highest mountain in the Ortler Alps and the highest point in the province of South Tyrol. The mountain towers above …
Nov 17 2024
Gran Zebrù | Königspitze Gran Zebrù, known in German as Königspitze, is one of the great glaciated mountains of the Italian Alps. Rising to 3,851 meters (12,635 feet), its steep pyramidal profile stands on the border between South Tyrol and Lombardy, immediately southeast of the higher Ortles. Although Gran Zebrù is only the second-highest summit …
Nov 16 2024
The Cantabrian Mountains (Cordillera Cantábrica) form the rugged mountainous backbone of northern Spain, stretching roughly east to west between the Atlantic-facing coast and the high interior plateau of the Iberian Peninsula. Famous for their lush forests, deep valleys, limestone cliffs, wildlife, and dramatic alpine scenery, they include the spectacular Picos de Europa, one of Spain’s …
Nov 16 2024
Großglockner 🏔️ Overview Großglockner is the highest mountain in Austria and one of the defining peaks of the Eastern Alps. Rising to 3,798 meters (12,461 feet), its sharp, pyramid-shaped summit towers above the glaciers and deep valleys of Hohe Tauern National Park on the boundary between Carinthia and East Tyrol. Often simply called the Glockner, …
Nov 15 2024
Großes Wiesbachhorn 🏔️ Overview Großes Wiesbachhorn is one of the great high mountains of the Austrian Alps, rising to 3,564 meters (11,693 feet) in the Glockner Group of the Hohe Tauern. Located entirely within the state of Salzburg, the mountain towers above the valleys of Kaprun and Fusch and forms the dominant summit of the …
Nov 14 2024
🏔️ Overview The Carpathian Mountains form one of Europe’s great mountain systems, sweeping in a vast arc across Central and Eastern Europe. Stretching for roughly 1,500 kilometers (930 miles), the range passes through or along parts of Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania, and Serbia. Some geographic definitions also extend the westernmost Carpathians into a …
Nov 08 2024
🏔️ Overview The Sudetes, also known as the Sudeten Mountains or Sudety, form one of Central Europe’s most varied mountain systems. Extending through Czechia, Poland, and a small portion of Germany, they create a long chain of forested ridges, granite massifs, sandstone plateaus, high meadows, glacial cirques, peat bogs, rocky summits, and historic mountain communities. …
Nov 07 2024
Sněžka | Śnieżka Straddling the border between Czechia and Poland, Sněžka is one of Central Europe’s most recognizable mountains. Rising to 1,603.3 meters (5,260 feet), it is the highest mountain in Czechia, the highest summit of the Krkonoše—or Giant Mountains—and the highest point in the entire Sudetes. Its rocky, wind-battered summit may be modest by …
Nov 06 2024
Malý Kriváň Rising above the long, grassy crest of northern Slovakia’s Malá Fatra Mountains, Malý Kriváň is one of the range’s great panoramic summits. Traditionally listed at 1,671 meters (5,482 feet), modern Slovak LiDAR data places the summit slightly lower at approximately 1,667.9 meters (5,472 feet). Either way, it ranks as the second-highest mountain in …
