Dec 05 2024
Mount Jezerce | Jezercë | Maja e Jezercës 🏔️ Overview Mount Jezerce, more commonly written Maja e Jezercës or Maja Jezercë, is a spectacular limestone mountain in northern Albania. Rising to 2,694 meters (8,839 feet) above sea level, it is the highest peak in the Accursed Mountains (Albanian Alps) and the entire Dinaric Alps. Although …
Dec 04 2024
Veliki Vitao Veliki Vitao rises above the wild limestone landscape of northwestern Montenegro as the highest summit of the Bioč massif. At 2,397 meters (7,864 feet), it is not among Montenegro’s very highest mountains by elevation, but its substantial topographic prominence and rugged isolation make it one of the country’s most significant peaks. Surrounded by …
Dec 03 2024
Bobotov Kuk 🏔️ Overview Bobotov Kuk is the highest peak of the Durmitor massif in northwestern Montenegro and one of the most recognizable mountains in the Dinaric Alps. Rising to approximately 2,523 meters (8,278 feet), the mountain forms a rugged limestone pyramid surrounded by glacial basins, alpine meadows, rocky ridges, and some of Montenegro’s most …
Dec 02 2024
Maja E Shnikut Maja e Shnikut rises above the wild mountain country of northern Albania, where steep limestone walls, glacial landforms, remote valleys, and some of the highest summits in the western Balkans come together. At 2,552 meters (8,372 feet), the mountain is one of the notable high peaks of the Accursed Mountains, also known …
Dec 01 2024
Les Bans Les Bans is one of the great high summits of the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. Rising to 3,669 meters (12,037 feet), the mountain stands at an important meeting point of ridges and valleys near the heart of Écrins National Park. Dark granite walls, sharp ridges, steep couloirs, and the heavily …
Dec 01 2024
Korab | Mount Korab | Maja e Korabit | Golem Korab Korab is one of the most significant mountains of the Balkan Peninsula. Rising directly on the border between Albania and North Macedonia, it forms the highest point of both countries and the highest summit of the Korab Mountains. Known as Maja e Korabit or …
Nov 30 2024
Les Rouies Les Rouies rises to 3,589 meters (11,775 feet) in the Massif des Écrins of the French Alps. Straddling the boundary between the departments of Isère and Hautes-Alpes, the mountain stands between the Vénéon Valley of Oisans and the Séveraisse Valley of Valgaudemar. Although overshadowed in elevation by giants such as Barre des Écrins …
Nov 29 2024
L’Olan | Olan L’Olan is one of the great rock mountains of the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. Rising to 3,564 meters (11,693 feet), its dark, steep-sided summit dominates the Valgaudemar, Valjouffrey, and Vénéon valleys inside Écrins National Park. Although L’Olan is considerably lower than the 4,000-meter giants farther east in the massif, …
Nov 27 2024
Roche de la Muzelle Roche de la Muzelle is one of the most distinctive mountains on the western edge of the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. Rising to approximately 3,465 meters (11,368 feet) in the Isère department, the mountain is recognizable from a considerable distance thanks to its steep pyramidal profile, lingering glacier …
Nov 25 2024
Shkhara Shkhara rises above the remote valleys of Upper Svaneti as the highest mountain in Georgia and one of the great summits of the Caucasus. Standing directly on the Georgia–Russia border, this immense, heavily glaciated mountain forms the eastern end of the famous Bezengi Wall, a formidable chain of high peaks, steep faces, ridges, and …
