Prior to this time, summits were reached by 1-2 people at most with the rest of teams providing logistical support before turning around and heading home.

A track to the west of Shankend Farm The twin summits in the distance are the Maiden Paps, Hawick | Maiden Paps.

The Arran mountains are wetter still with the summits receiving over annually.

The Japanese islands are the summits of mountain ridges uplifted near the outer edge of the continental shelf.

The twin summits of Mount Misery are supposed to be the remnants of his rafts, they are known as Lalangengall or the two watercraft.

More than one-half of the summits are over 4, 500 meters, and more than fifty peaks reach above 6, 500 meters.

The islands are the summits of a submerged mountain range which forms the eastern boundary of what is known as the Caribbean Tectonic Plate.

A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.

Some mountains offer spectacular views from their summits, while others are densely wooded.

They listed 538 summits over 3, 000 feet, of which 282 were regarded as " separate mountains "; the term Munro applies to the latter, while the lesser summits are known as tops.

There are dozens more summits over 12, 000 feet.

Two mountains in the Pamirs in China, Kongur Tagh ( 7, 649 m ) and Muztagh Ata ( 7, 546 m ), are higher than the Tajik summits.

There are over one hundred summits, ranging from under to over in elevation ; the highest peak, Mount Marcy, at, is near the eastern part of the group.

With the single exception of the Monte Leone, overlooking the pass of the Simplon, the summits of this portion of the chain are much inferior in height to those of the neighbouring chains ; but two peaks of the Adula group, culminating at the Rheinwaldhorn, exceed in height.

The extensive region lying south of the main ridge is occupied by mountain ranges whose summits sometimes rival in height those of the dividing ridge, and which are cut through by deep valleys, three of which converge in the basins of Lake Maggiore and Lake Como, the deepest of all the lakes on the south side of the Alps.

A very considerable outlyer, whose chief summits are the Schärhorn and the Gross Windgällen, belonging to the canton of Uri, is connected with the Tödi by the range of the Clariden, north to the Hüfi Glacier.

Numerous summits, of which the Vorab proper and Piz Grisch are the most important, approach very near, but do not quite attain to 10, 000 feet.

To the south the same portion of the main range is divided from the still higher parallel range whose summits are the Aletschhorn and the Bietschhorn by the Lötschental and the Lötschenlücke.

Such are the Chuya Alps, having an average altitude of 2, 700 m, with summits from 3, 500 to 3, 700 m, and at least ten glaciers on their northern slope ; the Katun Alps, which have a mean elevation of about 3, 000 m and are mostly snow-clad ; the Kholzun range ; the Korgon 1, 900 to 2, 300 m, Talitskand Selitsk ranges ; the Tigeretsk Alps.

The area around Mont Caro and other high summits are ofen covered with snow in the winter.

Its summits are covered with snow for a great part of the year.

As very little snow remains on rocks angled more than 60 °, this is soon removed by the wind, some steep masses of rock remain bare even near the summits of the highest peaks, but as almost every spot offering the least hold for vegetation is covered with snow, few flowering plants are seen above 3350 m ( 11, 000 ft ).

The highest point of the range and of the department is the Pic de Montalet ( about 4150 ft .); several other summits are not much short of this.

The Grand Combin is also a large glaciated massif consisting of several summits, among which three are above 4000 metres.

Two other summits at the north end of the same ridge also exceed 2, 640 feet ( 804. 6 m ) elevation.

Ragged Mountain is a prominent mountain with multiple summits which occupies the southern portion of town and has a ski area of the same name ; the elevation of the Danbury summit of Ragged is above sea level.

There is a remarkable similarity between the Vosges and the corresponding range of the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine: both lie within the same degrees of latitude, have similar geological formations and are characterized by forests on their lower slopes, above which are open pastures and rounded summits of a rather uniform altitude ; furthermore, both exhibit steeper slopes towards the Rhine and a more gradual descent on the other side.

Mount Hermon is actually a cluster of mountains with three distinct summits, each about the same height.

At international summits they continued previous practice of both going at the same time.

On the same date she also became the fifth woman, and the second British woman ( behind Rebecca Stephens ), to climb all 7 continental summits inclusive of the Carstensz Pyramid in Australasia.

On the summits, instead of turning back on the same way, they decided to continue on the unexplored western ridge and thus passed the true summit before going down to Zermatt.

Mount Sopris is notable for having two summits, East Sopris and West Sopris, that are one-half mile ( 0. 8 km ) apart and have exactly the same elevation of 12, 965 feet.

Subsequent summits from 2002 to 2006 were held the two days prior to the Ottawa Linux Symposium in Ottawa, Canada at the same conference center with Usenix providing all of the logistical support.

This same bonification system was applied on mountain summits that counted for the mountains classification.

Rightwards, the N ridge of the RotgratSpitze to the summit ( Lisenser FernerKogel hidden behind ); R from that the E ridge of the Rotgrat ( the Plattige Wand ); about half way along this is a faintly marked path up to the small Rotgrat Ferner ( glacier ) hidden behind which leads to the summits of the Rotgrat and LFK.

It continues in a similar fashion over the remaining bumps until it reaches the summit, but keeps on going and becomes a one way trail that travels over several other summits, and eventually peters out.

They often feature thick underbrush, except a few which have prairies on their summits, called balds.

An alternative descent, avoiding the horns, can be made by leaving the Beinn Alligin ridge at the col between the two summits ( in Gaelic such a feature is known as a " bealach "), where grassy slopes can be followed westwards down into a neighbouring glen.

" To the north of this feature, the ridge becomes less rocky and loses the large granite walls that distinguish the Trango Towers group and make them so attractive to climbers ; however the summits do get higher.

Walking tracks normally allow access to the summits of Mount Beerwah, Mount Tibrogargan ( although Mount Beerwah summit track is closed as of April 2009 ) and Mount Ngungun, however climbing Mount Coonowrin is prohibited due to the danger of rock falls.

About 500 BC, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh legendary king of Rome, leveled the top of the rock, removing the shrines built by the Sabines, and built the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus on the intermontium — the area between the two summits of the hill.

The summits of the Cuillins are bare rock, jagged in outline and with steep cliffs and deep cut corries and gullies.

Only the Inaccessible Pinnacle is a graded rock climb ( moderate ) by its simplest line but several of the other summits require scrambling skills.

* Abercrombie Crests, a cluster of rock summits in Antarctica

Today, along the summits of the Watchungs, talus slope environs as well as globally rare trap rock glade / outcrop communities and their unique species have become threatened by development.

It features exceptional upthrows from the Quaternary age, amidst stunning landscapes: summits and peaks, valleys, gorges, gullies, rock formations, caves and waterfalls.

Although only a Corbett, it is " one of the most impressive summits in the Southern Highlands ", and is also the most important site for rock climbing in the Southern Highlands.

Often, summits of hard rock cap softer sedimentary rock layers visible on lower slopes.

) The summits are generally easy to climb ( in good weather ) and require no technical-climbing skills, but rock climbing is popular on some of the basalt cliffs near Los Alamos and elsewhere in the range ( see Los Alamos and Caja del Rio ).

The Chief's summits are surrounded by sheer rock wall cliffs.