May 02 2026
Mount Lu | Lushan | Lúshān | Kuanglu | 庐山 🏔️ Overview Mount Lu, also known as Lushan or Lúshān, rises dramatically above the plains of northern Jiangxi Province in eastern China. The mountain stands between the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, where its forested ridges, sheer cliffs, waterfalls and mist-filled valleys form one of the …
May 02 2026
🏔️ Overview The Black Hills are an isolated mountain range rising dramatically from the Great Plains of western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. Dense ponderosa pine forests, granite pinnacles, limestone plateaus, deep canyons, clear lakes, and vast cave systems make the region unlike almost anywhere else in the central United States. Although the hills are …
Apr 30 2026
Mount Tai | Tai Shan | 泰山 Mount Tai rises above the city of Tai’an in Shandong Province, where ancient stone stairways, temples, ceremonial gates, forests, and thousands of carved inscriptions cover its slopes. Although its summit is modest compared with the enormous peaks of western China, few mountains have played a more important role …
Apr 28 2026
Khüiten Peak | Friendship Peak | Mongolian: Хүйтэн оргил | Chinese: 友谊峰 🏔️ Overview Khüiten Peak is the highest mountain in Mongolia and the loftiest summit of the Tavan Bogd massif in the western Altai Mountains. Its snow-covered summit rises directly on the international border between Mongolia and China, overlooking a remote landscape of glaciers, …
Apr 26 2026
Mount Wutai | Wutai Shan | Wutaishan | Mount Qingliang | 五台山 Mount Wutai is a vast sacred mountain landscape in northeastern China’s Shanxi Province. Its name means “Five-Terrace Mountain,” referring to five broad, flat-topped summits arranged around the temple-filled valley of Taihuai. The highest of these, the North Terrace, rises above 3,000 meters and forms the …
Apr 25 2026
The highest mountains in the Alps rise above an extraordinary landscape of glaciers, steep rock walls, narrow ridges, and deep valleys. Although the Alpine system crosses eight European countries, nearly all its 4,000-meter summits are concentrated in France, Italy, and Switzerland. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps, while the neighboring Pennine Alps …
Apr 24 2026
Mount Sanqing | Sānqīng Shān | 三清山 🏔️ Overview Mount Sanqing, also known as Sanqingshan, is a spectacular granite mountain massif in northeastern Jiangxi Province, China. Rising above subtropical forests in the Huaiyu Mountains, it is celebrated for its narrow stone pillars, sheer cliffs, weathered pinnacles, waterfalls, windswept pines, and frequently mist-covered valleys. The mountain’s highest …
Apr 23 2026
Mount Longhu | Lónghŭ Shān | 龙虎山 Mount Longhu rises from the river valleys of Jiangxi Province as a maze of rounded red cliffs, forested rock towers, hidden caves and winding waterways. Although its summits are modest compared with China’s great alpine mountains, Longhushan is one of the country’s most important sacred landscapes. The mountain is closely …
Apr 22 2026
Mount Heng | Hengshan | Heng Shan | 南岳 🏔️ Overview Mount Heng, commonly called Hengshan or Nanyue, is a sacred mountain range in Hunan Province, China. It is traditionally recognized as the Southern Mountain of China’s Five Great Mountains, joining Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Song, and the northern Mount Heng in Shanxi Province. …
Apr 21 2026
Bogda Peak | Bogda Feng (博格达峰) 🏔️ Overview Bogda Peak, also known as Bogda Feng or Bógédá Fēng (博格达峰), is a 5,445-meter (17,864-foot) mountain in the eastern Tian Shan of northwestern China. It is the highest summit of the Bogda Shan, a rugged and heavily glaciated mountain chain east of Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur …
