Jan 20 2024
Monte Bianco di Courmayeur 🏔️ Overview Monte Bianco di Courmayeur is a 4,748-meter (15,577-foot) subsidiary summit of Mont Blanc in the Mont Blanc Massif of the Alps. Known in French as Mont Blanc de Courmayeur, it rises southeast of the main Mont Blanc summit above the enormous Italian faces overlooking Courmayeur and Val Veny. Although …
Jan 20 2024
The Fin 🏔️ Overview The Fin is a spectacular approximately 13,350-foot (4,069-meter) subsidiary summit on the remote southwest side of Mount Foraker in Alaska’s central Alaska Range. Rising within Denali National Park and Preserve, it forms one of the most distinctive obstacles along Mount Foraker’s immense Southwest Ridge. The name is remarkably appropriate. Seen from …
Jan 20 2024
Voyager Peak 🏔️ Overview Voyager Peak is a remote 12,213-foot (3,723-meter) mountain in Alaska’s central Alaska Range, rising above the rarely visited northwest fork of the Lacuna Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve. Until 2011, the mountain was simply an unnamed point identified by its elevation—Peak 12,213. That changed when climbers Mark Allen and …
Jan 20 2024
Mount Russell 🏔️ Overview Mount Russell is a dramatic 11,670-foot (3,557-meter) mountain in the western-central Alaska Range, rising within the remote southwestern portion of Denali National Park and Preserve. Although considerably lower than nearby Denali and Mount Foraker, Russell is one of the most visually striking and topographically prominent mountains in the range. Its summit …
Jan 20 2024
Mount Torbert 🏔️ Overview Mount Torbert is a heavily glaciated 11,413-foot (3,479-meter) mountain in south-central Alaska and the highest summit of the Tordrillo Mountains. Rising roughly 85 miles west-northwest of Anchorage, it is one of Alaska’s most topographically prominent mountains despite being far lower than giants such as Denali and Mount Foraker. Its numbers are …
Jan 20 2024
Mount Spurr 🏔️ Overview Mount Spurr is an 11,070-foot (3,374-meter) active volcano in the Tordrillo Mountains of south-central Alaska, rising prominently northwest of Cook Inlet and approximately 78 miles from Anchorage. It is one of the most closely watched volcanoes in Alaska because explosive eruptions can send ash directly toward the state’s largest population center …
Jan 20 2024
Mount Hayes 🏔️ Overview Mount Hayes is a towering 13,832-foot (4,216-meter) mountain in the eastern Alaska Range and the highest summit of the Hayes Range. Rising in Alaska’s Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, it combines enormous topographic prominence, tremendous local relief, extensive glaciers, and one of the most important early climbing histories in Alaskan mountaineering. With …
Jan 20 2024
Matterhorn 🏔️ Overview The Matterhorn is one of the most recognizable mountains on Earth. Rising to 4,478 meters (14,692 feet) on the border between Switzerland and Italy, its nearly symmetrical pyramid towers above Zermatt in the Swiss canton of Valais and Breuil-Cervinia in Italy’s Aosta Valley. Known as Monte Cervino in Italian and Mont Cervin …
Jan 12 2024
Mount Monroe Mount Monroe rises to about 5,371 feet (1,637 meters) in New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, immediately southwest of the much taller Mount Washington. Although Monroe is only a short distance from its famous neighbor, it is a substantial mountain in its own right: the fourth-highest summit in New Hampshire, a member of the state’s …
Jan 12 2024
Mount Clay Rising along the exposed crest of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, Mount Clay is a rugged 5,531-foot summit situated between Mount Jefferson and Mount Washington. Although overshadowed by its taller neighbors, Mount Clay offers some of the finest above-treeline scenery in the White Mountains. The mountain occupies an especially dramatic position above the Great …
