Category: Mountain Profiles

Mount Minto (Antarctica)

Mount Minto 🏔️ Overview Mount Minto is a towering Antarctic mountain rising to 4,165 meters (13,665 feet) in northern Victoria Land. It is the highest summit of the Admiralty Mountains and one of the most prominent and geographically isolated peaks in the Transantarctic Mountains. The mountain stands in the central part of the Admiralty Mountains, …

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Sudirman Range: Geography, Highest Peaks, Glaciers, and Climbing Guide

🏔️ Overview The Sudirman Range, or Barisan Sudirman, is a rugged chain of mountains in the central highlands of western New Guinea, within Indonesia’s Central Papua Province. It forms the western and highest part of the broader Maoke Mountains, which belong to the great Central Cordillera extending across the island of New Guinea. The range …

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Mana Peak: Height, Location, Prominence, and Geography

Mana Peak 🏔️ Overview Mana Peak is a towering 7,000-meter summit in the Garhwal Himalaya of northern India. Rising to 7,272 meters (23,858 feet) according to Peakbagger, it forms part of the remote Kamet Group in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. The mountain stands south-southeast of Kamet, one of India’s highest and most historically important Himalayan peaks. …

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Namcha Barwa

Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa, གནམས་ལྕགས་འབར་བ།, Namjagbarwa, 南迦巴瓦峰, Nánjiābāwǎ Fēng) Namcha Barwa is one of the most distinctive and geographically important mountains in the Himalayas. Rising to 7,782 meters (25,531 feet) in southeastern Tibet, it stands beside the immense bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, where the river turns south and cuts through the eastern end of …

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Chauncey Peak

Chauncey Peak 🏔️ Overview Chauncey Peak is a dramatic traprock summit overlooking Crescent Lake in Meriden, Connecticut. Although it reaches only 688 feet (210 meters), the mountain’s steep basalt cliffs, rocky ridgeline, and broad views give it a much more imposing appearance than its elevation suggests. The peak forms part of the Metacomet Ridge, a …

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Mount Everest

Mount Everest (Sagarmatha, Chomolungma) “My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so.” -George Mallory, climber in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920’s 🏔️ Overview Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, rising to an officially recognized elevation of …

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Mount Bross: Colorado’s Broad-Summited Fourteener

Mount Bross 🏔️ Overview Mount Bross is a 14,178-foot mountain in Colorado’s Mosquito Range, rising above the historic mining town of Alma in Park County. Its broad summit plateau, rust-colored slopes, abandoned mining roads, and close connection to several neighboring fourteeners make it one of the most recognizable peaks in central Colorado. The mountain is …

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Mount Belford

Mount Belford 🏔️ Overview Mount Belford is a high, broad-shouldered fourteener in the Collegiate Peaks of Colorado’s Sawatch Range. Rising above Missouri Gulch within the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, the mountain offers one of the most popular high-altitude hiking objectives near Buena Vista and Leadville. Although Mount Belford’s standard route does not require technical climbing, the …

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Mount Richthofen

Mount Richthofen Mount Richthofen 🏔️ Overview Mount Richthofen is the highest summit in Colorado’s Never Summer Mountains, a rugged and geologically unusual range along the northwestern boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. Rising to approximately 12,944 feet (3,945 meters), the mountain forms a dark, steep-sided landmark above the glacial basin surrounding Lake Agnes. Unlike many …

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Mount Powell (Colorado)

Mount Powell 🏔️ Overview Mount Powell is the highest mountain in Colorado’s rugged Gore Range. Rising to approximately 13,556 feet (4,132 meters), this prominent thirteener stands within the Eagles Nest Wilderness north of Vail. Although Mount Powell falls nearly 450 feet short of fourteener status, it is one of the most topographically significant summits in …

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