Archdeacons Tower Archdeacons Tower is a high subsidiary peak on Denali in Alaska, rising above 19,600 feet (5,974 meters) near the head of Harper Glacier. Located only about half a mile northwest of Denali’s 20,310-foot summit, the tower forms one of the most recognizable landmarks encountered during the final summit-day climb on the mountain’s famous …
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Sep 26 2023
Taylor Peak (Grand County, Colorado)
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 Haley
Mount Haley Mount Haley, also known locally as Haley Peak, is the highest summit in Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains, rising to approximately 2,485 feet (757 meters) in Comanche County. Although lower in absolute elevation than Oklahoma’s state high point at Black Mesa, Mount Haley is one of the most topographically distinctive peaks in the state, with …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Aylmer
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 …
Sep 26 2023
Huasacocha
Huasacocha | Wasaqucha Huasacocha is a high Andean mountain in southeastern Peru’s spectacular Cordillera Vilcanota, a heavily glaciated range in the Cusco Region. Rising to approximately 5,452 meters (17,887 feet) according to modern topographic data, the mountain stands amid a dramatic landscape of alpine lakes, broad puna grasslands, glacial valleys, and some of the highest …
Sep 26 2023
Cerro Risco Plateado
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
Mount Adams (Washington)
Mount Adams Mount Adams is one of the great volcanic mountains of the Pacific Northwest, rising to approximately 12,280 feet (3,743 meters) in southern Washington. It is the second-highest mountain in Washington, surpassed only by Mount Rainier, and one of the tallest summits in the Cascade Range. Broad, heavily glaciated, and extraordinarily massive, Mount Adams …
Sep 26 2023
Mount Forbes
Mount Forbes Mount Forbes is one of the great high mountains of the Canadian Rockies, rising deep within the wilderness of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Its steep layered walls, snow-covered ridges, surrounding glaciers, and distinctive pointed summit give it the unmistakable appearance of a serious alpine mountain. Modern topographic datasets place Mount Forbes …
Sep 26 2023
Puʻu Alii
Puu Alii Puʻu Aliʻi is a remote high point on the rugged island of Molokaʻi in Hawaiʻi, rising above the immense sea cliffs and deeply carved valleys of the island’s eastern volcanic highlands. Located within Kalawao County and the boundaries of Kalaupapa National Historical Park, the mountain is surrounded by one of Hawaiʻi’s most ecologically …
Sep 26 2023
Puʻu Nana
Puu Nana Puʻu Nana is a low but culturally significant volcanic hill rising to approximately 1,345 feet (410 meters) in the dry western highlands of Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi. Although modest compared with Kamakou and the towering mountains of East Molokaʻi, Puʻu Nana occupies an important position within the island’s geography, volcanic history, and Native Hawaiian cultural …