What's the biggest mountain you've seen in person?

[HEyHEY]

Mt. Robson for me. About 13,000 feet in BC

[pokerfan]

1. Denali #1

Rainier is #2, though it's the highest I've ever climbed:


Robson is #3. Spent a week camping at Berg Lake once:

[Deep13]

53. Whoa!

uber cool.

[pokerfan]

66. I just noticed 'my' Robson picture compliments HEyHEY's

It's not my picture but mine look really close though we never had a completely cloudless day. HEyHEY's picture is of the west face of the mountain. Berg Lake (and Berg Glacier which you can see) is on the north side. It's about a 25 mile (round-trip) hike but well worth it. One of the most fantastic trails I've ever seen. It passes through what is called "The Valley of a Thousand Falls" with many, many beautiful waterfalls.

Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKfchL-rplI
These guys did a great job capturing the experience.



ETA a frame grab from the above video. Emperor Falls. Now I want to go back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKfchL-rplI">

[NMDemDist2]

55. Denali for me too, and I've spent plenty of time in the Cascades and Sierra Nevadas

:hi:

and I've been over the Rockies too in several places.

[pokerfan]

60. Cascades are probably my favorite

I've been all through the Washington Cascades (Oregon not so much), Olympics, Montana and Canadian Rockies. Even the "secret" "fifth" Washington volcano that everyone forgets about. But these days it's mostly about canoeing.
:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Mt. Rainier!

No pics to share of it, though...

I think it's my favorite mountain. So damn beautiful...

[SeattleGirl]

4. I see it quite often, my dear Peggy!

It IS beautiful, isn't it?

And once, I drove to the top of Mt. St. Helens, about 10 years after it blew it top. It was eerie and beautiful at the same time.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. You are so damn lucky!

I would love to look out my window and see that incredible mountain!

I want to get back up to the Paradise Lodge (we've stayed there!) and do my thing digitally!

Sooooooooo beautiful.

I can bet Mt. St. Helens was beautiful and eerie at the same time. We've driven past that, after the blast. Seeing the dead trees all lying in straight rows was something else.

[SeattleGirl]

14. Well, I can't see it from my window at home, but often when I'm

driving home from work, when it's not shrouded in clouds, it's out there for all to see. (And FYI, everyone in Washington says "The mountain is out" when you can see Rainier. We all know what that means!)

On St. Helens, the forest service decided to replant some areas, and leave other areas to nature. So, everywhere, there are areas of growth planted by the FS, and other areas that are slower to get going, where they have left it up to nature. It's fascinating, really.

[abq e streeter]

77. WHAT?? Sweet california peggy said "damn"???

My faith in the innocence of man(and woman)- kind has been shattered.

[Scout]

29. hubby and i fell in love with Rainier when we were there....

i can still recall the smell of the air when i concentrate. it was hypnotic ... as we drove, i had to keep turning to see the peak at all times, luckily hubby was driving so i could sight see.

[arcadian]

3. Mauna Loa - Ok it's 13,680 from sea level

56,000 from it's true base on the ocean floor, actually way under the ocean's floor because Mauna Loa is so massive it is creating a depression in the Earth's crust.

The climb is from 6,000 to 13,000 and up and down 48 miles, took 4 days.

I've climbed it twice.

[applegrove]

5. Mt. Victoria for me. I think it is the biggest.

[av8rdave]

6. Denali

[hunter]

7. Mount Whitney, 14505 feet.

I tried to climb it once but the gods threw lightning bolts at me. Yikes! I don't ever want to see anything like that again.

I've driven around the Big Island of Hawaii too, but didn't get to the top.

[arcadian]

8. I've climbed Whitney too.

99 switchbacks.

[hunter]

12. I'd like to try again someday when the weather is better.

And then I'd like to dash over to Badwater in Death Valley, 282 feet below sea level.

[arcadian]

19. I've been wanting to climb Telescope Peak

Highest point in Death Valley NP. I think it's in the Panamint Range, Panamint valley is one of those low valleys like Death Valley so it goes from below sea level and shoots up to 11,000 feet. Pretty cool. I love the Basin and Range region(Nevada mostly) I like how all the valleys are named for the adjacent mountain ranges or vice versa, whichever.

[flvegan]

10. I took my Burton down Loon Mountain in NH a few times.

Only 4k feet, though. I think that's the biggest I've seen in person.

Though I do suspect that Pamela Anderson and I will indeed cross paths one day.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Technically, Mauna Kea, the tallest in the world. But as we measure, then Denali

[KamaAina]

50. I probably shouldn't be saying this, but...

...Ecuador's Mt. Chimborazo is actually the highest point above the center of the Earth, being on top of the planet's equatorial bulge.

Flame away, Big Islanders! (if we even have any...) :hide:

[rockymountaindem]

13. I think I saw Mauna Kea as a child, but I climbed this one over the summer

Mt. Elbert, Colorado, 14,330 feet. Tallest mountain in the Rockies.

[arcadian]

17. Sweet, I did rehabilitation work on Elbert in 90's

Didn't get to the top though, to my regret.

[XemaSab]

15. Denali

from the Mat valley.

[reyd reid reed]

16. I'm not really sure

The first one I think of is Pikes Peak (14,110) because I see it every day. I've seen Mt. Evans and Long's Peak, too -- not sure of their altitude, though.

Might be the Matterhorn, too...not sure of that altitude either...it's another 14-er though, I think.

[pfitz59]

18. I flew over Mt Blanc/Bianco several times...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.horskyvodca.sk/gallery.html&usg=__xXkkHE0oSC6Ruji0AsRnSDMatFw=&h=874&w=1200&sz=201&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=nvBwUaSJ1ESfbM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmt%2Bblanc%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

But preferred my trips over Etna!

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/ebender/&usg=__onj5YxifM8_nU1WeBzambc_hAus=&h=455&w=680&sz=35&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=uIvxSSBjFbZ9FM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=139&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmt%2Betna%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

[Writer]

20. I wake up every morning and see Long's Peak

14,000 or something feet.

[Tom Kitten]

21. I think Mt. Shasta

either that or Rainier or Pike's Peak. But Shasta is the most impressive one.

[sakabatou]

51. Same

[fishwax]

22. I guess it would be mount elbert in Colorado

14,505 ...

[krispos42]

23. Harney Peak, Black Hills, Souith Dakota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harney_Peak

[pinniped]

24. Mt. Rainier!

.

[Maccagirl]

25. Mt McKinley

from Denali National Park on clear day. The guide said it was 75 miles away. Awesome.

[RandomThoughts]

26. My own failings.

[siligut]

39. OK, this is funny. nt

[RebelOne]

27. I don't know the names of the individual mountains,

but the Rockies and Smokies are the largest I have ever visited.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

28. Mont Blanc in Switzerland, I think. From above. -nt

[regnaD kciN]

73. Mont Blanc is in France, not Switzerland...

Although I used to see it from Geneva on clear days.


(not my photo)

Nowadays, on good days, I can walk a few blocks away, and get this view of Mount Rainier:

[Scout]

30. been to Mt Rainier, and to Lake Louise in Rockies....

all are magnificent.

[Beer Snob-50]

31. i have lead a sheltered life

but while in yosemite park we viewed many that were probably the tallest i have seen and i have climbed mt washington in nh once.

[TZ]

32. Pikes Peak---14,110 ft

In Colorado. Beautiful!

[blondeatlast]

36. Me too, frequently family camped there as a child and had a clea view of it

from the front yard of my family's Pueblo home.

Those were truly the days...

[SteppingRazor]

40. Me too. I've also been to the top three times. Once by car, once by cog train, and once by climbing.

Lived in Colorado Springs for four years, so Pikes was practically in my back yard.

[TZ]

45. ooh. I always wanted to do the cog train but never got a chance..

I heard that driving up was a bit scary..the roads weren't great....

[blondeatlast]

74. We went on ther cog train, i loved it. Do tiwhen you can; awesome. nt

[SoxFan]

33. Vince Wilfork

[Tommy_Carcetti]

34. It would probably be Humphrey's Peak near Flagstaff

Highest mountain I've ever climbed bottom to top was Old Rag Mountain in Virginia:

[Guava Jelly]

35. My stomach

when I'm laying on my back :D

[dysfunctional press]

37. mauna kea- they don't get any bigger.

nt

[NoSheep]

38. Dhaulagiri (Nepal) (sorry-can't post image)

Everest through an airplane window

[bikebloke]

41. Lots with names I don't know in Nepal

When I trekked the Anapurna circuit. Flying in from Bangladesh, the pilots let us come up in the cockpit to see Everest, but it was shy that day mostly hiding in some clouds.

Mount Cook in New Zealand was also hiding when I biked in the vicinity.

Rainier from Seattle all the time when I lived there.

More unknown mountains in Switzerland and Norway.

I lived in the shadow of Mount Gilboa, working on a kibbutz in Israel. More of a big hill, though.



Thorang La Pass in Nepal

[La Lioness Priyanka]

42. Kangchenjunga 8,586 metres (28,169 ft).

[Beausoleil]

43. Mt. McKinley

in Denali National Park. From Anchorage, it's visible on clear days. Drove past it, too between Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Saw Mt. Logan, too. Highest point in Canada.

[DS1]

44. *spoiler alert*

It blocked the toilet

[grannylib]

46. Probably the Matterhorn or somewhere in the Alps, maybe??

Or possibly Mt. Ranier, when I was a kid traveling with my folks...
Not sure which would be taller...

[oshyposhy]

47. I drove up Pikes Peak!

Just to say I did...and I took pictures! (while driving!)




And when I was a little girl, I saw Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens.

[scheming daemons]

48. Dolly Parton in concert

[Fleshdancer]

49. Mt. Fuji (12,388 feet) n/t

[MountainLaurel]

63. Mine too

Although Mt. Cook in New Zealand comes in at a close second, at 12,316 ft.

[Release The Hounds]

90. Same here

[Deep13]

52. Rainier.

I went there as part of a belated honeymoon with Sweetie in Oct. 2001.

[dixiegrrrrl]

54. these 2 come to mind first

St. Helens...
watched it blow, from my front porch in Seattle, , 1980..




my favorite peak is Liberty Bell in the North Cascades.
( my "kid" is sendng me the deer sign, an old joke when he and i went to the mountain a lot)

[pokerfan]

86. Liberty Bell and Early Winters Spires

are a couple of my favorites and easily seen from US-20 though it's definitely worth the time to take the short trail to an overlook.

[Cabcere]

56. I rode the Cog Railway up Mt. Washington in NH when I was ten...

:shrug: Fun times. (And by "fun," I mean "freaking cold!" It was pretty neat, though.) :)

[geardaddy]

57. The one made out of a mole-hill in GD.

n/t

[crimsonblue]

58. Olympus Mons.

:D

[Forkboy]

71. If you go, take me with you.

I actually had a dream last year where I stood at the top of the caldera, above the atmosphere, looking down on Mars. I hadn't even been drinking. :)

[crimsonblue]

92. I'm glad somebody got the joke.

:)

[spinbaby]

59. Fuji, probably

Unless you count mountains seen from the air.

[JCMach1]

61. The whole Annapurna Range in Nepal

also had a glimpse of Everest ...

My favorite mountain though was the Nepalese holy mountain, Machupuchre (22,943 ft unclimbed feet)...



Machapuchare or Machhaphuchhare is a mountain in the Annapurna Himal of north central Nepal. It is revered by the local population as particularly sacred to the god Shiva, and hence is off limits to climbing.

Location

Machapuchare is at the end of a long spur ridge, coming south out of the main backbone of the Annapurna Himal, that forms the eastern boundary of the Annapurna Sanctuary. (The Sanctuary is a favorite trekking destination, and the site of the base camps for the South Face of Annapurna and for numerous smaller objectives.) The peak is about 25km north of Pokhara, the main town of the region.

Notable features

Due to its southern position in the range, and the particularly low terrain that lies south of the Annapurna Himal, Machapuchare commands tremendous vertical relief in a short horizontal distance. This, combined with its steep, pointed profile, make it a particularly striking peak, despite a lower elevation than some of its neighbors. Its double summit resembles the tail of a fish, hence the name "Fish's Tail." It is also nicknamed the "Matterhorn of Nepal".

Climbing history

Machapuchare has never been climbed to its summit. The only known attempt was in 1957 by a British team led by Jimmy Roberts. Climbers Wilfrid Noyce and A. D. M. Cox climbed to within 50m of the summit via the north ridge, but did not complete the ascent; they had promised not to set foot on the actual summit. Since then, the mountain has been declared sacred, and it is now forbidden to climbers... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machhapuchhre


Here is the pic from my trip:

Behind is the rest of the Anapurna range...

[tigereye]

68. what a lovely picture!

great contrast.


Other than flying over the Rockies in a plane numerous times, I would say it was Ranier. Funny how while driving you keep thinking you are getting closer to it, but no. ;) Also have seen the Smokies in Tennessee. And what passes for "mountains" here in PA.

[leftyclimber]

93. That is my favoritest mountain ever.

Every time I see a picture I sigh. It is so beautiful.

I hope to see it in person someday.

*sigh*

[abq e streeter]

62. Probably Mt Elbert near Leadville Co. -- climbed Wheeler Peak, tallest in NM

in the 70's , probably the single most exhausting thing I've ever done ( excluding watching the Cubs every August, Sept and/or October--THAT'S exhausting)

[rucky]

65. I climbed Wheeler on a tequila hangover.

Exhausting is right. When we got back into Taos, we ate great big bowls of green chile at Michael's. :)

[abq e streeter]

76. I was designated climber--

the other three guys were on mushrooms, and at one point saw some lichens growing and one of em said he heard you could smoke em...and sure enough one of em took out a pocket knife, cut em from the ground and they smoked em.... nothing happened one way or another as far as I could tell....

[geardaddy]

64. Probably Ben Nevis or Titlis

Ben Nevis


Mt. Titlis

[buzzycrumbhunger]

67. Kennesaw in Marietta, GA

Rising nearly 1000 majestic feet over the GA landscape, the tallest thing we've seen. When we left SW FL to head up there on a lark, my daughter started feeling like we were in foreign lands by the time we hit Gainesville because she saw her first hills. Driving through Atlanta positively amazed her. (We were also shocked to find we really liked the area, which was a lot less "southern" than we expected.)

Clearly, we lead a pathetic and sheltered life. :blush: This is obviously something I need to rectify as I reclaim my life post divorce.

[foxfeet]

69. Mauna Kea, Mt. Rainier (which I see from my deck) and die Zugspitze in Germany.

Climbing ain't gonna happen, though.

[Arugula Latte]

70. Rainier, then Shasta then Pike's Peak (which I think are pretty close in height)

and probably some of the other Colorado "14ers" as they say (14,000 + ft.).

Although, with the Rockies, it's hard to tell where one peak ends and another begins. I like our Cascades because they look like the storybook mountains you draw as a kid -- triangles with white on the top.

[Forkboy]

72. My debt.

[Call Me Wesley]

75. Some:

Matterhorn, 14,692 ft, flew around it in my uncle's Cessna:



Jungfraujoch, 11,387 ft. Actually went up there:



Some others seen around the Alps (looking at some every day) and in other places, but these are the two I had kind of close contact with.

[yellowdogintexas]

78. don't know names, but we saw a lot of 10 to 14K foot mtns in Colorado

and there is a big one in Spain just outside Granada that is pretty tall.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

79. Mount Mitchell, not very impressive in comparison, still a nice view

Mount Mitchell in NC.
6,684 ft (2,037 m)

[Richardo]

80. I've seen Denali, Shasta, Ranier, Hood, Whitney and (pre-eruption) St Helens

...as well as Pike's Peak, Long's Peak (14,259') in Colorado.

[bbernardini]

81. I can't believe nobody has said "Billy" yet.

Shame on you, Zappa fans. :)

[greendog]

82. Mt. Blackburn (16,390)

L to R: Mt. Blackburn (16,390), Mt. Sanford (16,237), Mt. Wrangell (14,163)

I've been to Denali N.P. but the mountain was obscured by clouds.

[Bossy Monkey]

83. Mont Blanc n/t

[Paladin]

84. Once, On A Flight To Pakistan Many Years Ago......

....I saw the summit of K2, jutting out of the clouds in the morning sunlight. Second highest mountain in the world (28,251'). Unforgettable.

I'm situated in Colorado now, where I see an occasional "Fourteener," as the handful of Colorado Rockies peaks that make it above 14,000' are called, hereabouts. No desire (or ability)to climb them......

[timtom]

85. The mountain my wife typically makes out of a molehill...

[GOPisEvil]

87. Mt. Rainier, by 300 feet over Pike's Peak.

Except I've been to the top of Pike's Peak. Only part way up Rainier.

[elifino]

88. Mount Kilmanjaro from the air, in route to Palabora S. AFRICA

Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tanzania_Locator.png

In 1970 to work for three month in Palabora to install equipment.

[elifino]

89. ount Kilmanjaro from the air, in route to Palabora S. AFRICA

In 1970 to work for three month in Palabora to install equipment.

[bluedigger]

91. Mont Blanc

from the top of some other mountain in Italy.

[trackfan]

94. Mt. Whitney in California

>14,000 ft.