Jan 31 2025
Mount Sir James MacBrien 🏔️ Overview Mount Sir James MacBrien is one of the great remote summits of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Rising to approximately 2,759 meters (9,052 feet), the mountain stands in the Mackenzie Mountains within Nahanni National Park Reserve, close to the celebrated Cirque of the Unclimbables. The peak is notable not only for …
Jan 31 2025
Mount Nirvana 🏔️ Overview Mount Nirvana is a spectacular and exceptionally remote mountain in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Rising to 2,773 meters (9,098 feet), it is the highest point in the Northwest Territories and one of the most prominent mountains in northern Canada. The peak stands within Nahanni National Park Reserve, amid the rugged granite landscapes …
Jan 31 2025
Mount Hubbard 🏔️ Overview Mount Hubbard is a massive, glacier-covered peak in the Saint Elias Mountains, standing directly on the international boundary between Alaska in the United States and Yukon in Canada. Rising to 14,950 feet (4,556.8 meters), it is one of the great high mountains of North America and one of the most prominent …
Jan 31 2025
Mount Alverstone Mount Alverstone rises to 14,500 feet (4,420 meters) in the spectacular Saint Elias Mountains, directly on the international boundary between Alaska and Canada’s Yukon Territory. Although overshadowed by some of the enormous summits surrounding it, including Mount Hubbard, Mount Alverstone is one of the highest mountains in both the United States and Canada. …
Jan 31 2025
Mount Kennedy 🏔️ Overview Mount Kennedy is a remote, glacier-covered peak in the Saint Elias Mountains of southwestern Yukon, Canada. Rising to approximately 13,911 feet (4,240 meters), the mountain stands within Kluane National Park and Reserve, close to the Alaska border and among some of the highest mountains in North America. Although Mount Kennedy is …
Jan 26 2025
The Cordillera Occidental, or Western Cordillera, is one of the two principal mountain chains forming the Ecuadorian Andes. Running roughly north to south along the western side of Ecuador’s highlands, it contains enormous volcanoes, crater lakes, páramo grasslands, cloud forests, deeply eroded valleys, and some of the country’s most recognizable mountain scenery. Its highest summit …
Jan 10 2025
Kuh-e Shashgal 🏔️ Overview Kuh-e Shashgal is a remote, little-known high mountain in northeastern Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush. Rising to approximately 6,290 meters (20,636 feet), it is one of Afghanistan’s major 6,000-meter summits and qualifies as an ultra-prominent peak, with more than 1,500 meters of topographic prominence. The mountain lies in or near Kuran wa Munjan …
Jan 07 2025
Kuh-e Bandaka | Kohe Bandaka | Koh-i Bandaka | Bandako Kuh-e Bandaka—also written Kohe Bandaka, Koh-i Bandaka, or Bandako—is one of the great high peaks of Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush. Rising to 6,812 meters (22,349 feet) in Badakhshan Province, it is especially notable for its enormous topographic prominence: 2,834 meters (9,298 feet), making it the most prominent mountain …
Jan 05 2025
Stølsnostind 🏔️ Overview Stølsnostind, also commonly written Stølsnostinden, is a striking alpine mountain in the western part of Norway’s Jotunheimen region. Rising to 2,074 meters (6,804 feet) above sea level, the mountain stands in Årdal Municipality in Vestland and is one of the highest summits in the Utladalen Protected Landscape. Stølsnostind rises between Fleskedalen and …
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 …
