Jul 17 2026
Chauncey Peak 🏔️ Overview Chauncey Peak is a dramatic traprock summit overlooking Crescent Lake in Meriden, Connecticut. Although it reaches only 688 feet (210 meters), the mountain’s steep basalt cliffs, rocky ridgeline, and broad views give it a much more imposing appearance than its elevation suggests. The peak forms part of the Metacomet Ridge, a …
Jul 17 2026
Mount Everest (Sagarmatha, Chomolungma) “My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so.” -George Mallory, climber in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920’s 🏔️ Overview Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, rising to an officially recognized elevation of …
Jul 17 2026
Mount Bross 🏔️ Overview Mount Bross is a 14,178-foot mountain in Colorado’s Mosquito Range, rising above the historic mining town of Alma in Park County. Its broad summit plateau, rust-colored slopes, abandoned mining roads, and close connection to several neighboring fourteeners make it one of the most recognizable peaks in central Colorado. The mountain is …
Jul 16 2026
🏔️ Overview The Karakoram contains some of the highest, steepest, and most heavily glaciated mountains on Earth. Among its best-known peaks are a group identified by short survey codes: K1, K2, K3, and onward through K12. These labels originated during nineteenth-century mapping of the Karakoram by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India and the Survey …
Jul 16 2026
West Spanish Peak 🏔️ Overview West Spanish Peak rises abruptly above the plains and valleys of southern Colorado, forming the taller half of the distinctive Spanish Peaks. Although it falls short of Colorado’s famous 14,000-foot mark, the mountain is one of the state’s most visually dominant summits. Its isolated position, steep slopes, and broad views …
Jul 16 2026
Mount Richthofen Mount Richthofen 🏔️ Overview Mount Richthofen is the highest summit in Colorado’s Never Summer Mountains, a rugged and geologically unusual range along the northwestern boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. Rising to approximately 12,944 feet (3,945 meters), the mountain forms a dark, steep-sided landmark above the glacial basin surrounding Lake Agnes. Unlike many …
Jul 16 2026
Mount Columbia 🏔️ Overview Mount Columbia is a 14,073-foot summit in Colorado’s Collegiate Peaks, a celebrated group of mountains in the central Sawatch Range. Located northwest of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, the peak rises within the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest. Although Mount Columbia is lower and less topographically independent than …
Jul 16 2026
Mount Powell 🏔️ Overview Mount Powell is the highest mountain in Colorado’s rugged Gore Range. Rising to approximately 13,556 feet (4,132 meters), this prominent thirteener stands within the Eagles Nest Wilderness north of Vail. Although Mount Powell falls nearly 450 feet short of fourteener status, it is one of the most topographically significant summits in …
Jul 12 2026
🏔️ Overview The Transantarctic Mountains form one of the longest mountain systems on Earth, extending across Antarctica from the region near Cape Adare and northern Victoria Land to the mountains of Coats Land near the Weddell Sea. Depending on how their boundaries are defined, the system is described as more than 3,200 kilometers—or roughly 2,000 …
Jul 12 2026
Sentinel Range Sentinel Range: Antarctica’s Highest Mountain Range 🏔️ Overview The Sentinel Range is the highest and most spectacular mountain range in Antarctica, containing the continent’s loftiest peaks, vast glaciers, and some of the most remote alpine landscapes on Earth. Stretching approximately 185 kilometers (115 miles) through the western portion of the Ellsworth Mountains, the …
