🏔️ Overview The Sawtooth Range is one of the most recognizable mountain landscapes in the American West. Rising above the valleys of central Idaho, the range is defined by sharp granite summits, glacially carved basins, clear alpine lakes, and steep ridges that give the mountains their distinctive saw-blade appearance. The Sawtooths form part of the …
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Jun 10 2024
Thompson Peak (California)
Thompson Peak 🏔️ Overview Thompson Peak rises above the heart of Northern California’s Trinity Alps, where granite ridges, alpine lakes, cascading waterfalls, and deep mountain forests create one of the state’s most remarkable wilderness landscapes. At approximately 9,000 feet, it is the highest mountain in the Trinity Alps Wilderness and one of the most prominent …
Mar 12 2024
Thompson Peak (Arizona)
Thompson Peak Thompson Peak is one of the most recognizable summits in the McDowell Mountains northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. Rising to 3,984 feet (1,214 meters), the mountain stands above Scottsdale and Fountain Hills, its distinctive summit easily identified by the communications towers clustered near the top. Although Thompson Peak is not the highest point in …