Dec 11 2024
L’Ailefroide | Ailefroide L’Ailefroide is one of the great high mountains of the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. Rising to approximately 3,954 meters (12,972 feet), this sprawling, multi-summited mountain forms a dramatic complex of granite, snow, glaciers, steep ridges, and immense rock faces within Écrins National Park. Although it does not quite reach …
Dec 11 2024
Mönkhkhairkhan Mountain | Munkh Khairkhan | Mongolian: Мөнххайрхан уул 🏔️ Overview Mönkhkhairkhan Mountain is one of the great glaciated massifs of western Mongolia, rising from the dry, windswept landscapes of the Mongolian Altai near the border with China. Its combination of high peaks, surviving glaciers, alpine meadows, rocky valleys, and exceptional wildlife makes it one …
Dec 10 2024
Barre des Écrins Barre des Écrins is one of the great mountains of the French Alps. Rising to 4,102 meters (13,458 feet) in southeastern France, it is the highest summit of the Massif des Écrins and the Dauphiné Alps. Its combination of immense topographic prominence, sweeping glaciers, steep rock ridges, and a celebrated mountaineering history …
Dec 10 2024
Croda della Pala 🏔️ Overview Croda della Pala is a rugged 2,960-meter (9,711-foot) summit in the Pale di San Martino, one of the most spectacular mountain groups of the Italian Dolomites. Rising above the high valleys and rocky plateau near San Martino di Castrozza, the mountain is surrounded by considerably higher and better-known summits, including …
Dec 09 2024
Jocotitlán | Xocotépetl 🏔️ Overview Jocotitlán is a prominent volcanic mountain rising above the highlands of the State of Mexico in central Mexico. Also known as Xocotépetl, the mountain reaches approximately 3,911 meters (12,831 feet) above sea level according to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program. Although it is far less famous internationally than Popocatépetl, …
Dec 08 2024
Reißeck 🏔️ Overview Reißeck, also known as Großes Reißeck, is a rugged 2,965-meter (9,728-foot) mountain in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the highest summit of the Reißeck Group, a compact but dramatic mountain group forming the southern part of the larger Ankogel Group within the Hohe Tauern. Although Reißeck does not quite reach …
Dec 08 2024
Sutai Mountain | Sutai Khairkhan | Sutai Uul | Mongolian: Сутай хайрхан уул 🏔️ Overview Sutai Mountain, commonly known as Sutai Khairkhan or Sutai Uul, is one of the great high mountains of western Mongolia. Rising above the dry steppes and broad valleys of the Altai region, the mountain forms a dramatic world of snow, …
Dec 07 2024
Säuleck 🏔️ Overview Säuleck is a striking 3,086-meter (10,125-foot) mountain in the Ankogel Group of Austria’s Hohe Tauern, rising above the alpine valleys near Mallnitz in the state of Carinthia. Although surrounded by higher and more heavily glaciated summits, Säuleck has earned a reputation as one of the more approachable 3,000-meter mountains in the Eastern …
Dec 07 2024
Otgontenger | Otgon Tenger Uul 🏔️ Overview Rising dramatically above the rugged landscapes of western-central Mongolia, Otgontenger—also written Otgon Tenger or Otgon Tenger Uul—is the highest mountain in the Khangai Mountains and one of Mongolia’s most culturally important peaks. Its name is commonly translated as “Youngest Sky.” Otgontenger is remarkable not only for its height …
Dec 06 2024
McGinnis Peak McGinnis Peak is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain in Alaska’s Hayes Range, a rugged eastern subdivision of the Alaska Range. Rising to 11,400 feet (3,475 meters), the peak is surrounded by glaciers, sharp ridges, steep snowfields, and some of the most serious alpine terrain in Interior Alaska. Although overshadowed in elevation by nearby …
