Foo - Favorite Mountain

Straight up, what is your favorite mountain?

We have had threads about your favorite show, song, movie, etc, but seeing as how we are supposed to be more outdoors types of people lets get on to something, well, outdoors.

We could do lakes, oceans, seas, etc, but this is about mountains, and I don't mean hills and the definition of a hill us anything under 500 feet. Actually that isn't even a hill, just a bump. So lets keep it to MOUNTAINS.

Have at it.

Steven

Oh, I suppose I should mention mine.

Mt. Rainier

Oh. and lets mention why you like it so much, a list of mountains would be rather boring. :)

I would mention Mt, Moffit on Adak Alaska, barren, desolate, cold and windy but containing the beauty and majesty of the rugged Aleutian Chain. Man I miss Adak one of the most magnificant spots in the world.

Steven

Do I actually have to say :D

Mt. Si in North Bend, WA. Easy walk up, nice workout, I can bring my dog, and the scramble up The Haystack is hella fun (dog doesn't go up that part.)

Mt. Pilchuck in the winter for snowshoeing and some super fun glissades.

Squawk Mtn. in Issaquah for training on the bike: 1180' elevation gain, 2.25 miles to the top, 22% max grade.

http://www.orneveien.org/adak/contributors/knick/2004-04-17-3653adak-by-knick.jpg

You can see the lovely Mt. Moffett here along with some rather mundane photos along with some very nice photos and a couple of ugly bald eagles.

Mt. Evans, near Idaho Springs, CO. A 14er you can bike to the top of. Roughly 7,000 ft of elevation climb over 25-30 miles from Idaho Springs. A good days work.

Mt. Washington, NH

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m267/Michiganderbiker/kali2007/MtTamalpias.jpg

Mount Tamalpias.

Nice view, and I don't know the names of any other mountains I've been too that I liked more.

Mount LeConte (http://www.leconte-lodge.com/)
Lotta memories in those cottages for me.

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d126/telehammer/blanc.jpg

Mt Baker, Washington
http://www.63flyingcloud.com/mt%20baker%20blog.jpg

not sure if it's a mountain per se, but Passo Giau is the first to come to mind. Probably because for it's provided the most painful hour of riding that I've done every year, for three consecutive years.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Giau2.jpg

a close second would be the Campolongo, because the view never disappoints.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/botto/maratona09.jpg
2005

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/botto/campalongo.jpg
2006

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/botto/MdD_campolongo_corv.jpg
2007

^^^^ OMG that's an awesome place.
I must ride that some day!

Since I need to limit this to mountains I've been to... Haleakala

Inside:

http://z.about.com/d/gohawaii/1/0/f/X/haleakala_23.jpg

Outside:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/469687286_4bbc9e8c0c_b.jpg

We have no real mountains over here, so I've never seen any. The highest elevation I've been (not counting flying) is 3480 ft... And that was a long ridge, so you wouldn't even call it a mountain if you saw it.

That's pretty spectacular, botto.

Mine would probably have to be Mt. Fuji... it's just so perfectly formed, and it really just stands alone... there are a couple of foothills around it, but nothing to distract from Mt. Fuji itself. It's shrouded in clouds most of the time, but when you see it in person, it's simply amazing. Or at least it was last time I saw it (about 1994)... I assume it hasn't changed too much ;)

http://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/english/images/img02_02.jpg

Some absolutely awesome photos on this thread. Good choices all.

This one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYGCpGzFWh0)

http://www.greenwaltcorp.com/images/GanderMountain.jpg

http://www.mousepal.com/ParkPics/Space%20Mountain.jpg

Twin Peaks (http://www.twinpeaksrestaurant.com/) is nice this time of year.

Twin Peaks (http://www.twinpeaksrestaurant.com/) is nice this time of year.

That's a cheap knockoff.

The original and still the best http://www.originalhooters.com/

That's a cheap knockoff.

The original and still the best http://www.originalhooters.com/

Dude, you have to visit Twin Peaks before making that call, esp. if you like "trashy hot".

Twin Peaks (http://www.twinpeaksrestaurant.com/) is nice this time of year.

Hehehe. Mt. Si (where me and the puppy go hiking) and the town of North Bend, WA are where a lot of the filming for the TV show Twin Peaks was done.

Like trying to pick your favorite song. Recently, I think Steens Mountain.

Mt Washington, NH. Climbed it two weeks ago

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2200296584_ab2a283db0.jpg?v=0

I want to get back to Alaska and climb this:

Mt. Tiekel

http://image64.webshots.com/164/3/25/85/2566325850039806103ohJwYp_ph.jpg


Not too big, but within my abilities.

Mount Rainier...I can see it from home, I can see it from work.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k317/East_Hill/IMG_1507.jpg

East Hill

Nantucket Sleighride FTW!

http://www.metalkingdom.net/album/img/d49/2548.jpg

My favorite mountain: Mount Baldy at Philmont Scout Reservation in New Mexico:
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff148/Hickeydog/01010275.jpg


and the view from the top of it:
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff148/Hickeydog/01010200.jpg

Mount Rainier...I can see it from home, I can see it from work.

That thing is going to make Seattle into a modern day Pompeii, you know.

;)

Favorite Mountain? Hmm... Saying Gregor Clegane would be nerdish. And Blue Mountain broke up 7 years ago, so they don't count anymore.

I'll have to go with Mount Werner in Colorado. Steamboat's the first place I ever skied and it's still one of my favorite places in the world.

Mt. Evans for Idaho Springs, faugh. Do it from Denver.

I like these.. TenMile-Mosquito Range, CO
http://anandspics.smugmug.com/photos/121071768-L-1.jpg

Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, AK -

http://luwin.smugmug.com/photos/156000311-M.jpg

ftw:

http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/Y/r/7/brokebackmountainposter.jpg

Mount Stuart in Central Washington.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/roudy/1-2.jpg

Mt. Rainier

Yes Rainer is my favorite too. Followied by the Hogsback and Table mountains both in South Africa.

Yes Rainer is my favorite too. Followied by the Hogsback and Table mountains both in South Africa.


Mount Rainier--taken today about noon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/roudy/20080122_16.jpg

I stole this from the PNW forum (photo was taken by aRoudy1). Mount Rainier was beautiful today, had that lovely little lenticular cloud :D .

East Hill

First choice: Alpe d'Huez, France (ridden in 2004)

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/MultimediaFiles/20060715_ALPEDHUEZ.JPG

Second choice: Mt. Mitchell, NC (ridden in 1997)

http://members.aol.com/ljavins/Road2MtM.jpg

Future top three: Monte Grappa, Italy (to be ridden in 2008!)

http://www.magicotempe.com/public/images/impennata%20monte%20Grappa%202.JPG

(That is NOT me in the photo!)

ftw:

http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/Y/r/7/brokebackmountainposter.jpg

killer pic

it's real flat here.

I spend a season snowboarding lone mountain in montana so I guess it is my favorite.

http://www.skidream.com/images/resorts/89_130_Lone%20Mountain%20close-up.jpg

This is my #2 favorite mountain, Mt Sneffels. This photo was taken near Ridgeway Colorado. I've climbed this mountain several times from various ways, the view from the top is beautiful.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d126/telehammer/Sneffels_00A.jpg

I got to see Machapuchre (amongst others) in Nepal as a kid.

Mt. Vesuvius (http://www.campaniameteo.it/webcamimg.asp?ID=13&modo=b)

Mt. Lassen. It's a tradition for my family to have a snowball fight on Lassen on the 4th of July. Meanwhile it's 100 degrees or more down below. Awesome.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c399/WillworkforWag/MtLassen.jpg

Mt. Lassen. It's a tradition for my family to have a snowball fight on Lassen on the 4th of July. Meanwhile it's 100 degrees or more down below. Awesome.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c399/WillworkforWag/MtLassen.jpg

Ah yes, I remember trudging up the Cinder Cone as a teenager. Yes, it was about 110 degrees. Uck.

I enjoyed the mudpots, though.

East Hill

Thanks East Hill for the pics! I used to live in Olympia and I thought that it was cool the way the mountain rose up, so that you could see more of it in the afternoon that the morning.

Thanks East Hill for the pics! I used to live in Olympia and I thought that it was cool the way the mountain rose up, so that you could see more of it in the afternoon that the morning.
I think one of the great things about Mount Rainier is that because it's so cloudy here, on the times when we do get to see it, it seems so spectularly serene in the sun.

East Hill