Fiescher Gabelhorn 🏔️ Overview Fiescher Gabelhorn is a 3,876-meter mountain in the Bernese Alps of southwestern Switzerland. Rising above the vast ice fields surrounding Konkordiaplatz, the peak forms the northwestern end of the Walliser Fiescherhörner, a rugged chain separating the Aletsch Glacier from the Fiescher Glacier. Although it stands only 124 meters below the 4,000-meter …
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Feb 25 2026
Schinhorn
Schinhorn 🏔️ Overview Schinhorn is a remote, glacier-covered mountain in the Bernese Alps of southern Switzerland. Rising to 3,796 meters (12,454 feet), it stands west of the much higher Aletschhorn in the canton of Valais. The mountain occupies a rugged position between the upper Lötschental to the north and the Oberaletsch Valley to the south. …
Feb 23 2026
Breithorn (Blatten)
Breithorn 🏔️ Overview Breithorn (Blatten) is a 3,785-meter mountain in the Swiss Alps, rising above the Lötschental in the canton of Valais. It belongs to the Bernese Alps and is commonly called the Lötschentaler Breithorn to distinguish it from several other Alpine mountains with the same name. The mountain occupies a striking position between the …
Apr 19 2025
Table Mountain, South Africa: Hiking Trails, Cableway & Visitor Guide
Table Mountain rises directly above Cape Town, South Africa, forming one of the most recognizable mountain skylines in the world. Its immense sandstone cliffs, unusually level summit plateau, indigenous fynbos vegetation, hiking trails, and famous aerial cableway make it both a major natural landmark and one of South Africa’s most visited mountain destinations. Although Table …
Nov 22 2023
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu) “Few romances can ever surpass that of the granite citadel on top of the beetling precipices of Machu Picchu, the crown of Inca Land.” -Hiram Bingham High above Peru’s Urubamba River, surrounded by steep green mountains and cloud forest, Machu Picchu is one of the most extraordinary archaeological landscapes in the …
Nov 10 2023
Mount LeConte (Tennessee)
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 …
Nov 10 2023
Kuwohi
Kuwohi | Clingman’s Dome Rising above a seemingly endless succession of blue-green ridges, Kuwohi is the highest mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest point in Tennessee, and one of the most important summits of the southern Appalachian Mountains. For generations it appeared on federal maps as Clingmans Dome, but in September 2024 …
Nov 10 2023
Mount Guyot (Great Smoky Mountains)
Mount Guyot Hidden beneath dense red spruce and Fraser fir on the remote Tennessee–North Carolina border, Mount Guyot is the second-highest mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and one of the great high summits of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Unlike nearby Kuwohi, however, there is no road, observation tower, maintained summit trail, or panoramic …
Oct 21 2023
Mount Kinabalu: Elevation, Climbing, Geology, Biodiversity & Fast Facts
Mount Kinabalu Rising dramatically above the tropical rainforests of northern Borneo, Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in Malaysia, the highest point on the island of Borneo, and one of Southeast Asia’s most extraordinary natural landmarks. Its highest summit, Low’s Peak, reaches 4,095.2 meters (13,436 feet) above sea level. Kinabalu is remarkable not only because …
Sep 24 2023
Sass Màor
Sass Màor Sass Màor is one of the great rock mountains of the Pale di San Martino, rising to approximately 2,814 meters (9,232 feet) in the Italian Dolomites. Located in Trentino within Paneveggio–Pale di San Martino Natural Park, the mountain is instantly recognizable for its enormous walls, sharp summit architecture, and close partnership with neighboring …
