Oct 14 2024
Nevado del Huila 🏔️ Overview Nevado del Huila is a massive glacier-covered volcanic complex rising above the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes. Reaching 5,364 meters (17,598 feet) at Pico Central, it is the highest active volcano in Colombia and the highest point of the country’s Cordillera Central. The mountain is unusual even among the …
Oct 11 2024
Skalisty Golets | Mount Skalisty Skalisty Golets is the name traditionally given to the highest point of the Stanovoy Range, a vast and little-visited mountain system stretching across the Russian Far East. Most geographic references give the summit an elevation of 2,412 meters (7,913 feet) and place it in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), close …
Oct 09 2024
Uranostinden | Urdanostindene Uranostinden, also known as Uranostind and sometimes written Urdanostinden, is one of the most striking high peaks in Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains. Rising to 2,157.4 meters (7,078 feet), the mountain is distinguished by its sharply pointed summit, narrow ridges, extensive alpine surroundings, and the Uranosbreen glacier along its eastern side. Although Uranostinden is …
Oct 08 2024
Glittertind | Glittertinden Glittertind—officially known in Norwegian as Glittertinden—is one of the great mountains of Scandinavia. Rising to 2,452 meters (8,045 feet) in Norway’s Jotunheimen region, it is the country’s second-highest mountain, surpassed only by nearby Galdhøpiggen. For generations, however, the question of which mountain was really Norway’s highest was surprisingly complicated. Glittertind once carried …
Oct 08 2024
Galdhøpiggen 🏔️ Overview Galdhøpiggen is the highest mountain in Norway, the Scandinavian Mountains, and all of Northern Europe, rising to 2,469 meters (8,100 feet) above sea level. It stands in the rugged heart of Jotunheimen, a spectacular high-mountain region of glaciers, rocky summits, deep valleys, and alpine lakes in southern Norway. Although Galdhøpiggen is far …
Oct 07 2024
Store Hellstugutinden 🏔️ Overview Store Hellstugutinden is one of the great high summits of Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains. Rising to approximately 2,346 meters (7,697 feet) above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Hellstugutindan ridge and ranks among the highest mountains in Norway. The mountain stands in Lom Municipality in Innlandet, within Jotunheimen National …
Oct 06 2024
Store Memurutinden Store Memurutinden rises deep within Norway’s Jotunheimen National Park, where glaciers, high ridges, and some of Scandinavia’s tallest mountains create one of northern Europe’s great alpine landscapes. The mountain is particularly interesting because its summit measurements require a little explanation. Store Memurutinden consists of several closely spaced high points. Modern Norwegian peak databases …
Oct 05 2024
Surtingssue Surtningssue is one of the great high summits of Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains. Rising to 2,368 meters (7,769 feet) above sea level, the mountain stands north of the long, emerald-colored lake Gjende and commands an exceptional position among the glaciers, valleys, and 2,000-meter peaks of eastern Jotunheimen. Although Surtningssue is among Norway’s highest mountains, reaching …
Oct 03 2024
Feldberg 🏔️ Overview Feldberg is the highest mountain in Germany’s Black Forest and the highest point in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rising to approximately 1,494 meters (4,903 feet), the broad summit stands above the forested hills, glacial valleys, high meadows, and lakes of the southern Black Forest. Although Feldberg is far lower than Germany’s Alpine …
Oct 02 2024
Wildspitz Wildspitz rises above the lakes and rolling foothills of Central Switzerland as the highest summit of the Rossberg ridge. At 1,580 meters (5,184 feet), it is modest in elevation compared with Switzerland’s famous 4,000-meter giants, yet its strong topographic prominence, panoramic setting, and position on the boundary between the cantons of Zug and Schwyz …
