From a valley a mountain is a silhouette. From above it is a structure: the ridges radiating from the summit, the cirques bitten out by glaciers that may no longer be there, the treeline drawn as a contour, the snow that survives only on north faces.
Peaks, ranges and massifs worldwide, each with aerial views, photographs, video and a guide to their geology, climbing history and the valleys below.
3 Mountains in Nepal, each with aerial views, photos, videos and an in-depth guide.
The Dhaulagiri massif in Nepal extends 120 km (70 mi) from the Kaligandaki River west to the Bheri. This massif is bounded on the north and southwest by tributaries of the Bheri River and on the southeast by the Myagdi Khola. Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest…
Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, is the third highest mountain in the world. It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section…
Mount Everest (Nepali: सगरमाथा [sʌɡʌrmatʰa] , IAST: Sagarmāthā; Tibetan: Chomolungma ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ; Chinese: Zhumulangma 珠穆朗玛) is Earth's highest mount…