Aug 31 2023
Grandes Jorasses Rising along the border between France and Italy, the Grandes Jorasses form one of the most imposing mountain walls in the entire Alps. Rather than a single pointed summit, the mountain consists of a roughly kilometer-long crest crowned by six major tops, culminating at Pointe Walker, approximately 4,205 meters (13,795 feet) above sea …
Aug 31 2023
Mont Buet Rising to 3,096 meters (10,158 feet) in Haute-Savoie, Mont Buet is one of the most historically important mountains in the French Alps. Although considerably lower than the great 4,000-meter summits of the nearby Mont Blanc massif, Buet played an outsized role in the development of mountaineering, high-altitude science, and early Alpine tourism. The …
Aug 30 2023
Teram Kangri Teram Kangri is one of the great high mountains of the eastern Karakoram, rising to approximately 7,462 meters (24,481 feet) in the remote Siachen Muztagh. Although it stands higher than almost every mountain on Earth, Teram Kangri remains far less familiar than the celebrated giants around K2 and the Baltoro Glacier. Its obscurity …
Aug 30 2023
Teram Kangri II Teram Kangri II is a 7,407-meter (24,301-foot) summit in the remote eastern Karakoram, forming part of the Teram Kangri massif in the Siachen Muztagh. Although it rises higher than nearly every mountain outside the Himalaya and Karakoram, it is generally considered a subsidiary summit because it is closely connected to the higher …
Aug 27 2023
Saser Kangri III Saser Kangri III is a 7,495-meter (24,590-foot) mountain in the Saser Muztagh of the eastern Karakoram in Ladakh, India. Rising amid a compact group of some of the highest mountains in the Karakoram, it stands between the greater mass of Saser Kangri I and the high summits associated with Saser Kangri II. …
Aug 27 2023
Saser Kangri II East Saser Kangri II East is the highest summit of Saser Kangri II, rising to approximately 7,518 meters (24,665 feet) in the Saser Muztagh of the eastern Karakoram in Ladakh, India. Modern topographic databases give a slightly lower figure of about 7,513 meters, but 7,518 meters remains the elevation widely used in …
Aug 26 2023
Jomolhari | Chomo Lhari (ཇོ་མོ་ལྷ་རི, jo mo lha ri, 绰莫拉日峰, Chuòmòlārì Fēng) Jomolhari is one of the great mountains of the eastern Himalayas, rising to approximately 7,326 meters (24,035 feet) along the border between Bhutan and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Also written Chomolhari, Chomo Lhari, Jhomolhari, and Jumolhari, the mountain is immediately recognizable …
Aug 26 2023
Kula Kangri Kula Kangri is a spectacular 7,538-meter (24,730-foot) mountain in the eastern Himalayas of Tibet, China, rising immediately north of Bhutan. Its broad, heavily glaciated massif contains several summits above 7,000 meters and dominates a remote corner of the Himalayas where the high Tibetan plateau meets the deep valleys of Bhutan. For many years, …
Aug 26 2023
Chura Kang Chura Kang is a remote, glaciated mountain on the Bhutan–Tibet border in the eastern Himalayas. Rising to roughly 6,400–6,650 meters (about 21,000–21,800 feet) depending on the source, it forms part of a little-known chain of high peaks east of Gangkhar Puensum and south of the Kula Kangri massif. Unlike many Himalayan mountains of …
Aug 26 2023
Gangkhar Puensum (གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ་, Kangkar Punsum, Gangkar Punsum, Gankar Punzum) Gangkhar Puensum is a towering 7,570-meter (24,835-foot) mountain in the eastern Himalayas along the remote frontier between Bhutan and Tibet. Widely recognized as Bhutan’s highest mountain and the highest unclimbed independent mountain on Earth, it occupies an unusual place in mountaineering history: several expeditions attempted it …
