Mar 03 2025
Eselstein Eselstein is a rugged limestone summit in Austria’s Dachstein Mountains, rising above Ramsau am Dachstein in the state of Styria. At approximately 2,556 meters (8,386 feet), it is considerably lower than the nearby Hoher Dachstein, but its steep rocky ridges, exposed alpine terrain, and several via ferrata routes make it an appealing objective for …
Mar 03 2025
Großer Priel 🏔️ Overview Großer Priel is the highest mountain in the Totes Gebirge, or “Dead Mountains,” a dramatic limestone range in the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria. Rising to 2,515 meters (8,251 feet) above sea level, the mountain dominates the rugged karst landscape of Upper Austria and is one of the region’s most important …
Feb 22 2025
Rotgschirr 🏔️ Overview Rotgschirr is a striking limestone mountain in Austria’s Totes Gebirge, a rugged karst range within the Northern Limestone Alps. Rising to 2,270 meters (7,448 feet), the mountain stands directly on the boundary between Upper Austria and Styria and is particularly prominent above the Almsee and the high country surrounding the Pühringerhütte. Although …
Feb 08 2025
Montagne de sous Dîne 🏔️ Overview Montagne de Sous-Dîne is a broad limestone mountain in the Bornes Massif of Haute-Savoie, France. Rising to about 2,004 meters (6,575 feet), it stands above the Fillière valley and the Genevois region northwest of the higher central Alps. Rather than forming a sharp pyramidal summit, Sous-Dîne is characterized by …
Jan 03 2025
Großvenediger 🏔️ Overview Großvenediger is one of Austria’s great high-alpine mountains and the highest summit of the Venediger Group in the Hohe Tauern. Rising on the border between the federal states of Salzburg and Tyrol, the mountain dominates an extensive landscape of glaciers, rocky ridges and deep Alpine valleys within Hohe Tauern National Park. For …
Jan 02 2025
Hohes Aderl 🏔️ Overview Hohes Aderl is a high, glacier-surrounded summit in Austria’s Venediger Group, rising to 3,506 meters (11,503 feet) in East Tyrol. It stands immediately south of Großvenediger, the dominant mountain of the group, within the spectacular high-alpine landscape of Hohe Tauern National Park. Although its elevation places Hohes Aderl among the highest …
Dec 31 2024
Hochgall Hochgall, known in Italian as Monte Collalto, is the highest mountain of the Rieserferner Group in the Eastern Alps. Rising to 3,436 meters (11,273 feet) in South Tyrol, Italy, the mountain towers above the Antholz Valley near the Austrian border and forms one of the most distinctive summits in this heavily glaciated corner of …
Dec 11 2024
L’Ailefroide | Ailefroide L’Ailefroide is one of the great high mountains of the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. Rising to approximately 3,954 meters (12,972 feet), this sprawling, multi-summited mountain forms a dramatic complex of granite, snow, glaciers, steep ridges, and immense rock faces within Écrins National Park. Although it does not quite reach …
Dec 10 2024
Barre des Écrins Barre des Écrins is one of the great mountains of the French Alps. Rising to 4,102 meters (13,458 feet) in southeastern France, it is the highest summit of the Massif des Écrins and the Dauphiné Alps. Its combination of immense topographic prominence, sweeping glaciers, steep rock ridges, and a celebrated mountaineering history …
Dec 10 2024
Croda della Pala 🏔️ Overview Croda della Pala is a rugged 2,960-meter (9,711-foot) summit in the Pale di San Martino, one of the most spectacular mountain groups of the Italian Dolomites. Rising above the high valleys and rocky plateau near San Martino di Castrozza, the mountain is surrounded by considerably higher and better-known summits, including …
