May 12 2026
Wudang Mountains | Wǔdāng Shān | 武当山 🏔️ Overview The Wudang Mountain Range, commonly called the Wudang Mountains or Wudang Shan, rises across northwestern Hubei Province in central China. Forming part of the eastern Daba Mountains, the range is known for its steep forested ridges, narrow ravines, mist-covered summits, ancient stone stairways, and extraordinary concentration of …
May 11 2026
Huangshan | Yellow Mountain | 黄山 The Huangshan Mountain Range—better known internationally as the Yellow Mountains—is a spectacular granite massif in southern Anhui Province, China. Its landscape of narrow pinnacles, sheer cliffs, wind-shaped pine trees, hot springs, and peaks rising above rolling clouds has influenced Chinese painting, poetry, and ideas of mountain beauty for centuries. Although its …
May 08 2026
Mount Song | Sōngshān | 嵩山 🏔️ Overview Mount Song, also known as Songshan or Sōngshān (嵩山), is a sacred mountain range in Henan Province, China. Rising beside the historic city of Dengfeng, it is revered as the Central Mountain among the Five Great Mountains of China. Rather than being a single isolated summit, Mount …
May 06 2026
Mount Qingcheng | Qīngchéng Shān | 青城山 🏔️ Overview Mount Qingcheng, or Qingcheng Shan, is a densely forested mountain near Dujiangyan in China’s Sichuan Province. Rising from the western edge of the Chengdu Plain, it is celebrated for its peaceful woodlands, winding stone stairways, traditional temples, and deep association with the development of Taoism. In 142 …
Apr 30 2026
Mount Tai | Tai Shan | 泰山 Mount Tai rises above the city of Tai’an in Shandong Province, where ancient stone stairways, temples, ceremonial gates, forests, and thousands of carved inscriptions cover its slopes. Although its summit is modest compared with the enormous peaks of western China, few mountains have played a more important role …
Apr 26 2026
Mount Wutai | Wutai Shan | Wutaishan | Mount Qingliang | 五台山 Mount Wutai is a vast sacred mountain landscape in northeastern China’s Shanxi Province. Its name means “Five-Terrace Mountain,” referring to five broad, flat-topped summits arranged around the temple-filled valley of Taihuai. The highest of these, the North Terrace, rises above 3,000 meters and forms the …
Apr 13 2026
🏔️ Overview The United States contains an extraordinary variety of mountain landscapes. Glaciated peaks rise above the tundra of Alaska, active volcanoes dominate the Pacific Northwest, fault-block ranges cross the deserts of Nevada, and forested ridges extend along the Appalachian Mountains in the East. Hawaii adds an entirely different type of mountain environment formed by …
Apr 11 2026
🏔️ Overview The Scandinavian Mountains, also known as the Scandes, form the mountainous backbone of the Scandinavian Peninsula. Extending for approximately 1,700 kilometers through Norway and Sweden—and reaching the far northwestern corner of Finland—the range is one of the longest mountain systems in Europe. Although the Scandinavian Mountains are not as high as the Alps, …
Apr 06 2026
Mount Elbrus (Эльбру́с) Mount Elbrus is a vast, glacier-covered volcano rising above the northern side of the Caucasus Mountains in southern Russia. Its western summit reaches 5,642 meters (18,510 feet), making Elbrus the highest mountain in Russia and—under the most widely used continental boundary—the highest mountain in Europe. The mountain is recognizable by its two …
Mar 31 2026
Last summer my friend and I took a road trip to see the Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and took in some fun roadside attractions along the way. We headed out from the Tulsa area at the end of August while it was still quite warm, but the blazing rays of the sun were …
