Apr 07 2025
Monte San ValentĂn | Cerro San ValentĂn Monte San ValentĂn, also known as Cerro San ValentĂn and historically as Monte San Clemente, rises above one of the wildest landscapes in South America. Located in Chile’s AysĂ©n Region at the northern edge of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field, the mountain is a vast, glacier-covered massif surrounded …
Apr 07 2025
Wahzhazhe Summit 🏔️ Overview Wahzhazhe Summit is a forested high point in the Boston Mountains of northwestern Arkansas, within the larger Ozark Mountains. Located in Newton County inside the Ozark–St. Francis National Forest, the summit is notable not only for its elevation but also for its relatively recent official name and its connection to the …
Apr 06 2025
Nevado del Ruiz 🏔️ Overview Nevado del Ruiz is one of the most famous—and closely monitored—volcanoes in South America. Rising above Colombia’s central Andes, the glacier-covered stratovolcano stands on the boundary between the departments of Caldas and Tolima within Los Nevados National Natural Park. The mountain belongs to Colombia’s Cordillera Central, one of the three …
Apr 06 2025
Nevado de Santa Isabel Nevado de Santa Isabel is one of the most distinctive high mountains of Colombia’s Cordillera Central. Rather than rising as a single steep volcanic cone, the mountain consists of an elongated complex of volcanic domes crowned by several high summits. Located within Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados, Santa Isabel rises between …
Apr 06 2025
Cerro Tatamá 🏔️ Overview Cerro Tatamá is a remote high mountain in western Colombia and the highest summit of the country’s Cordillera Occidental, the westernmost of the three principal branches of the Colombian Andes. Rising above an exceptionally well-preserved landscape of cloud forest and páramo, the mountain lies within Parque Nacional Natural Tatamá, one of …
Apr 06 2025
Farallones de Citará The Farallones de Citará, also commonly called Farallones del Citará, are a rugged high-mountain massif in western Colombia. Rising along the Cordillera Occidental of the Northern Andes, the mountains form an imposing natural divide between Antioquia and ChocĂł and contain some of the most important remaining high-elevation forest and páramo habitat in …
Apr 06 2025
Páramo de Frontino Páramo de Frontino is one of the most remarkable high-elevation landscapes in Colombia’s Western Andes. Also widely known as Páramo del Sol and associated with the larger Frontino–Urrao páramo complex, this remote region of wetlands, grasslands, cloud forest, and rugged ridges rises above southwestern Antioquia in the Cordillera Occidental. Beyond its scenic …
Apr 06 2025
Cerro ChirripĂł Cerro ChirripĂł is the highest mountain in Costa Rica and the dominant summit of the Cordillera de Talamanca, a rugged mountain range extending across southern Costa Rica and into western Panama. Rising to approximately 3,820–3,823 meters (about 12,530–12,543 feet), ChirripĂł towers above tropical forests, cloud forests, high-elevation páramo, and landscapes sculpted by ancient …
Apr 02 2025
Yuxu Shan 🏔️ Overview Yuxu Shan is a remote high-altitude mountain in Qinghai Province, China, rising to 5,933 meters (19,465 feet) in the vast Kunlun Mountains. Although far less famous than nearby Yuzhu Peak, Yuxu Shan is a substantial summit in its own right, with more than 1,100 meters of topographic prominence. The mountain lies …
Apr 02 2025
Altun Shan 🏔️ Overview The Altun Shan, also widely known as the Altyn-Tagh, Altun Mountains, A’erjin Shan, or A-erh-chin Mountains, is a vast and exceptionally remote mountain range in northwestern China. Stretching across parts of Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Gansu, the mountains form one of the great geographic boundaries along the northern edge of the Tibetan …
