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 …
Dec 08 2024
Reißeck 🏔️ Overview Reißeck, also known as Großes Reißeck, is a rugged 2,965-meter (9,728-foot) mountain in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the highest summit of the Reißeck Group, a compact but dramatic mountain group forming the southern part of the larger Ankogel Group within the Hohe Tauern. Although Reißeck does not quite reach …
Dec 07 2024
Säuleck 🏔️ Overview Säuleck is a striking 3,086-meter (10,125-foot) mountain in the Ankogel Group of Austria’s Hohe Tauern, rising above the alpine valleys near Mallnitz in the state of Carinthia. Although surrounded by higher and more heavily glaciated summits, Säuleck has earned a reputation as one of the more approachable 3,000-meter mountains in the Eastern …
Dec 06 2024
McGinnis Peak McGinnis Peak is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain in Alaska’s Hayes Range, a rugged eastern subdivision of the Alaska Range. Rising to 11,400 feet (3,475 meters), the peak is surrounded by glaciers, sharp ridges, steep snowfields, and some of the most serious alpine terrain in Interior Alaska. Although overshadowed in elevation by nearby …
Dec 06 2024
Mount Kimball Mount Kimball is one of the most distinctive mountains of Alaska’s eastern interior. Rising above a remote landscape of glaciers, tundra, and rugged ridges, it is the highest summit in the Delta Mountains, an eastern subrange of the much larger Alaska Range. Although Mount Kimball is far lower than giants such as Denali …
Dec 06 2024
Tusac 🏔️ Overview Tusac is a remote, glacier-fringed mountain in the Delta Mountains of Alaska’s eastern Alaska Range. Rising to approximately 9,860 feet (3,005 meters), the peak stands in the rugged high country southeast of Delta Junction, surrounded by glaciers, sharp ridges, and some of the least-developed mountain terrain in the United States. Tusac is …
Dec 06 2024
Black Cap 🏔️ Overview Black Cap is a remote glaciated summit in the Delta Mountains of the eastern Alaska Range, rising above the upper reaches of the Castner Glacier system in Alaska. The mountain is commonly listed at approximately 9,850 feet (3,002 meters) and stands among a closely packed group of rugged peaks that includes …
Dec 06 2024
Mount Hajdukovich 🏔️ Overview Mount Hajdukovich is a remote, glacier-bound mountain in the Delta Mountains of Alaska’s eastern Alaska Range. Rising to approximately 9,600 feet (2,926 meters) at its highest summit, the mountain stands among a rugged collection of seldom-visited peaks, glaciers, steep ridges, and broad wilderness east of the Richardson Highway. Although Mount Hajdukovich …
Dec 06 2024
Mount Maglic Mount Maglić is one of the most dramatic mountains of the western Balkans, rising above ancient forests, deep river canyons, alpine meadows, and rugged limestone terrain along the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Best known as the location of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s highest point, Maglić reaches 2,386 meters (7,828 feet) at …
