Sep 26 2023
Cerro Risco Plateado Cerro Risco Plateado is a remote 4,999-meter (16,401-foot) stratovolcano rising in the Andes of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Positioned in the rugged Cordillera Principal near the Chilean border, the mountain combines exceptional topographic prominence with a complex volcanic history, a broad summit caldera, ancient lava flows, and terrain heavily modified by glaciers. Despite …
Sep 26 2023
Grassy Ridge Bald Grassy Ridge Bald is one of the most beautiful high-elevation summits in the southern Appalachian Mountains, rising to approximately 6,194 feet (1,888 meters) in the Roan Highlands of western North Carolina. Its broad, mostly treeless summit is covered by grasses, wildflowers, rhododendrons, and low shrubs, creating panoramic views that extend across layer …
Sep 25 2023
Volcán Altar | El Altar Volcán Altar, usually called El Altar, is one of the most spectacular eroded volcanic massifs in the Ecuadorian Andes. Rising to approximately 5,319 meters (17,451 feet) at its highest summit, El Obispo, the mountain forms a dramatic semicircle of jagged, glacier-carved peaks surrounding the turquoise waters of Laguna Amarilla. Located …
Sep 25 2023
Quitaraju Quitaraju is a formidable 6,036-meter (19,803-foot) mountain in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca, rising immediately beside the much more famous Alpamayo in the spectacular Santa Cruz massif. Although its neighboring pyramid attracts most of the photographs, Quitaraju is actually higher and presents an impressive combination of steep glaciers, sharp snow ridges, technical ice climbing, and extraordinary …
Sep 25 2023
Sairecabur Sairecabur is a massive high-altitude stratovolcano rising directly on the border between Chile and Bolivia in one of the driest and most dramatic parts of the Andes. Reaching approximately 5,971 meters (19,590 feet) in current Peakbagger topographic data, the mountain towers above the Puna de Atacama, surrounded by lava fields, salt basins, volcanic cones, …
Sep 25 2023
Cordón Mariano Moreno Cordón Mariano Moreno is a remote, almost completely ice-covered mountain massif rising from the heart of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Patagonia. Surrounded by hundreds of square kilometers of glacier ice, the range forms a remarkable north-south barrier between the immense Viedma Glacier system to the east and the Pío …
Sep 25 2023
Celo Knob Celo Knob is a rugged, heavily forested 6,329-foot (1,929-meter) summit forming the northern gateway to the Black Mountains of western North Carolina. Rising above the South Toe River valley in Yancey County, the mountain marks the beginning of one of the highest and most dramatic ridgelines in the eastern United States. Celo Knob …
Sep 25 2023
Lead Mountain Lead Mountain is a rugged 12,544-foot (3,823-meter) summit in the Never Summer Mountains of north-central Colorado. Rising directly along the Continental Divide, the mountain straddles the boundary between Grand County and Jackson County while also marking the western edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. Although it is overshadowed by higher nearby summits such …
Sep 25 2023
Chiefs Head Peak Chiefs Head Peak is a rugged 13,577-foot (4,138-meter) mountain in Colorado’s Front Range, rising above Glacier Gorge in Rocky Mountain National Park. Although it stands only a short distance southwest of the much more famous Longs Peak, Chiefs Head is a very different mountain experience. There is no maintained trail to its …
Sep 25 2023
Redcloud Peak Redcloud Peak is a 14,037-foot (4,279-meter) mountain in Colorado’s rugged San Juan Mountains. Rising southwest of Lake City in Hinsdale County, it is one of Colorado’s famous fourteeners and one of the more approachable high summits in a range better known for steep ridges, loose rock, and demanding climbing routes. The standard Northeast …
