Sep 30 2023
Illilouette Ridge Illilouette Ridge is a broad granite ridge in Yosemite National Park, rising above the Illilouette Creek drainage and south of Yosemite Valley in California’s Sierra Nevada. Although it receives far less attention than nearby landmarks such as Half Dome and Sentinel Dome, the ridge forms an important part of Yosemite’s southern rim and …
Sep 30 2023
Johnson Top Johnson Top is a 1,870-foot (570-meter) summit straddling the boundary between Madison and Jackson counties in northern Alabama. Part of the Southern Cumberland Plateau and the broader Appalachian Mountains, the forested summit is notable not only for its elevation but also because it serves as the highest point of both Madison County and …
Sep 30 2023
Clouds Rest Clouds Rest is a broad granite summit rising to approximately 9,930 feet (3,027 meters) in Yosemite National Park, California. Positioned high above Tenaya Canyon and northeast of Half Dome, it offers one of the most expansive summit panoramas in Yosemite, with views stretching across Yosemite Valley, the High Sierra, the Cathedral Range, and …
Sep 30 2023
Brushy Top Brushy Top is a forested summit in Gilmer County, Georgia, rising to about 2,430 feet (741 meters) in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Located west of Ellijay and southeast of Chatsworth, the mountain occupies a quieter corner of north Georgia where wooded ridges, deep stream valleys, and scattered rural communities form the transition …
Sep 29 2023
Gunters Mountain Gunters Mountain is a broad, plateau-like mountain rising to approximately 1,390 feet (424 meters) in Marshall County, Alabama. Part of the southern Cumberland Plateau and the larger Appalachian Mountains, the mountain stands above the Tennessee River and Guntersville Lake between Guntersville and Scottsboro. Although its elevation is modest compared with the highest mountains …
Sep 28 2023
Piz Boè Piz Boè is the highest mountain in the Sella Group of the Italian Dolomites, rising to approximately 3,152 meters (10,340 feet). Its distinctive pyramidal summit stands above the vast, pale plateau at the heart of the Sella massif, where the provinces of Bolzano, Trento, and Belluno meet. Despite exceeding 3,000 meters, Piz Boè …
Sep 28 2023
Cima della Rosetta | Rosetta Cima della Rosetta, often shortened to Cima Rosetta, is a 2,743-meter (8,999-foot) mountain in the Pale di San Martino group of the Italian Dolomites. Rising directly above the resort village of San Martino di Castrozza in Trentino, the summit stands at the western edge of the vast Altopiano delle Pale, …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Mitchell Mount Mitchell is the highest mountain in North Carolina, the highest summit in the Appalachian Mountains, and the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Rising to 6,684 feet (2,037 meters) in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina, the peak towers above an exceptionally rugged landscape of spruce-fir …
Sep 26 2023
Taylor Peak Taylor Peak is a 13,156-foot (4,010-meter) summit on the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Rising at the head of dramatic Loch Vale between Powell Peak and Hallett Peak, the mountain combines broad alpine tundra on its western slopes with a much steeper eastern face overlooking glaciers, lakes, and some of …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Aylmer Mount Aylmer is a 3,162-meter (10,374-foot) summit in Alberta’s Palliser Range, rising north of Lake Minnewanka on the eastern edge of the Canadian Rockies. It is the highest mountain in the Palliser Range, with an impressive 1,142 meters (3,747 feet) of topographic prominence and more than 33 kilometers of isolation. The mountain is …
