May 28 2024
Distaghil Sar (Disteghil Sar, دستاغل سر) 🏔️ Overview Distaghil Sar rises to 7,885 meters (25,869 feet) in northern Pakistan, making it the highest mountain in the Hispar Muztagh, a spectacular subrange of the Karakoram. Also spelled Disteghil Sar, this immense, heavily glaciated mountain is generally recognized as the 19th-highest independent mountain in the world and …
May 28 2024
Rakaposhi (راکاپوشی) 🏔️ Overview Rising dramatically above Pakistan’s Hunza and Nagar valleys, Rakaposhi is one of the most recognizable mountains in the Karakoram. Its summit reaches 7,788 meters (25,551 feet), but its extraordinary appearance comes from the immense vertical distance between its icy summit and the surrounding river valleys. From the Hunza River, Rakaposhi rises …
May 28 2024
Batura Sar | Batura I 🏔️ Overview Batura Sar rises to 7,795 meters (25,574 feet) in the western Karakoram of northern Pakistan, making it the highest mountain in the Batura Muztagh and one of the highest peaks on Earth. Also known as Batura I, this immense, heavily glaciated mountain dominates a long alpine wall overlooking …
May 28 2024
K2 (Godwin Austen, Mount Godwin-Austen, Chhogori, Chogori, Qogir, چھوغوری) 🏔️ Overview K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world, rising to 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) along the border between Pakistan and China. Located in the Baltoro Muztagh of the Karakoram, it is the highest mountain in Pakistan, the highest summit in the Karakoram, and the …
May 25 2024
Mount Shasta | Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki | Úytaahkoo (White Mountain) 🏔️ Overview Rising dramatically above the forests and valleys of Northern California, Mount Shasta is one of the most recognizable volcanic mountains in North America. The enormous snow- and ice-covered stratovolcano reaches approximately 14,163 feet (4,317 meters) in Siskiyou County and forms the highest point of California’s …
May 02 2024
Dykh-Tau Dykh-Tau Dykh-Tau is one of the great high mountains of the Caucasus, rising to 5,205 meters (17,076 feet) in the rugged mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria in southern Russia. Only Mount Elbrus rises higher in Russia—and, under the most commonly used boundary between Europe and Asia, Dykh-Tau is also the second-highest mountain in Europe. Unlike the …
May 02 2024
Koshtan-Tau Koshtan-Tau Koshtan-Tau is one of the great ice-covered giants of the Central Caucasus, rising to 5,152 meters (16,903 feet) in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Towering above a landscape of glaciers, steep ridges, and some of the highest mountains in Europe, it belongs to the extraordinary concentration of 5,000-meter summits surrounding the Bezengi region. …
Apr 23 2024
Mount Kazbek Rising above the high valleys of northern Georgia, Mount Kazbek is one of the great peaks of the Greater Caucasus. Its broad, glacier-covered summit reaches 5,054 meters (16,581 feet), placing it among the highest mountains in both Georgia and the Caucasus as a whole. Kazbek is more than an impressive high-altitude summit. It …
Apr 22 2024
Kabru Kabru is a spectacular high-altitude mountain massif in the eastern Himalayas, rising along the border between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim. Immediately south of Kangchenjunga, the third-highest mountain in the world, Kabru forms part of one of the most impressive concentrations of giant peaks anywhere in the Himalayas. Kabru is more complicated …
Apr 22 2024
Kangchenjunga Rising to 8,586 meters (28,169 feet) on the border between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain on Earth, surpassed only by Mount Everest and K2. Yet height alone barely captures the importance of this enormous Himalayan massif. Kangchenjunga is a mountain of immense physical scale, with sprawling glaciers, …
