Nov 14 2023
Mount Massive Stretching across a huge section of Colorado’s Sawatch Range, Mount Massive lives up to its name. Rather than rising as a single sharp pyramid, the mountain spreads across a long summit crest containing multiple points above 14,000 feet, broad alpine slopes, glacial basins, and an enormous expanse of high-country terrain. For generations, Mount …
Nov 14 2023
Vinicunca (Montaña de Siete Colores, Montaña de Colores, Rainbow Mountain) Striped in bands of red, rose, gold, green, white, and earthy brown, Vinicunca is one of the most visually unusual landscapes in the Andes. Better known internationally as Rainbow Mountain or the Mountain of Seven Colors, this high ridge in Peru’s Cusco Region has transformed …
Nov 14 2023
Mount Rainier Rising almost three vertical miles above western Washington, Mount Rainier is the highest mountain in the Cascade Range, the highest point in Washington State, and one of the most visually dominant peaks in North America. Its enormous ice-covered volcanic cone towers above forests, cities, valleys, and Puget Sound, sometimes appearing to float above …
Nov 14 2023
Cascade Mountain (Stoney Chief) Towering directly above the town of Banff, Cascade Mountain is one of the most recognizable peaks in the Canadian Rockies. Its broad triangular face dominates the view northeast along Banff Avenue, where the street seems almost deliberately aligned with the mountain. Cascade Mountain reaches 2,998 meters (9,836 feet) and forms the …
Nov 14 2023
Mount Harvard Rising deep within Colorado’s Sawatch Range, Mount Harvard is one of the great high summits of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain towers above Horn Fork Basin and the surrounding Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, combining broad alpine slopes, rugged granite ridges, glacial basins, forests, tundra, and one of Colorado’s most famous fourteener hiking routes. Mount …
Nov 10 2023
Mount Pinchot Rising from a landscape of ancient granite, mixed-grass prairie, oak woodland, and open sky, Mount Pinchot is one of the highest summits in Oklahoma’s rugged Wichita Mountains. Located within the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Oklahoma, the mountain reaches approximately 2,476.5 feet (754.8 meters) according to modern LiDAR-based Peakbagger data. That figure …
Nov 10 2023
Mount Scott Rising abruptly from the mixed-grass prairie of southwestern Oklahoma, Mount Scott is one of the most recognizable mountains in the Wichita Mountains and one of the easiest major summits in the state to visit. A paved three-mile road winds nearly to the top, giving visitors panoramic views across ancient granite peaks, prairie, lakes, …
Nov 10 2023
Hallett Peak Rising above Dream Lake like an enormous wall of ancient rock, Hallett Peak is one of the most recognizable mountains in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. Its steep eastern face forms the dramatic backdrop behind Bear Lake, Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, and Emerald Lake, creating one of the signature landscapes of the Front …
Nov 10 2023
Mount Hood (Wy’east) Rising in an almost solitary white cone above the forests of northern Oregon, Mount Hood is the highest mountain in the state and one of the defining volcanoes of the Cascade Range. From Portland, the Columbia River Gorge, orchards of the Hood River Valley, and countless lakes and ridges across northwest Oregon, …
Nov 10 2023
Mount LeConte (Tennessee) Rising more than a vertical mile above Gatlinburg, Mount LeConte is one of the most imposing and beloved mountains in the Great Smoky Mountains and the broader Appalachian Mountains. Its forested massif contains several high points, dramatic cliffs, waterfalls, rocky bluffs, old-growth forest, high-elevation spruce-fir habitat, and one of the most unusual …
