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The Cordillera is the longest mountain system that crosses South and North America. Therefore, it is divided into the Cordillera of North America and the Cordillera of South America.
The top 10 included highest mountains in North America.
10 Split | Height 4 287 m
Split opens the top ten of the highest mountains in North America. The mountain peak is located in the state of California (USA) on the territory of the Kings Canyon National Park. The height of the mountain is 4287 m above sea level. The peak was named after the bifurcating peak by climber Bolton Brown in 1895.
9. Russell | Height 4 296 m
Russell – a mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada system in North America, located on the territory of the Sequoia National Park (California, USA). Located 1,3 km north of Mount Whitney (the highest in the range). In height it reaches 4296 meters.
8. Sill | Height 4 316 m
Sill – a mountain peak with a height of 4316 meters, located in the Sierra Nevada system in the United States, on the territory of the Kings Canyon National Park. The Paiute Indians called the mountain Nen-i-mish, which literally means “Guardian of the Valley.” The English name Sill was given to the mountain by Joseph LeConte in 1904, after the American poet Edward Rowland Sill.
7. Shasta | Height 4 317 m
Shasta – the highest mountain in North America, which reaches 4317 meters. According to one version, the origin of the name of the mountain has Russian roots – from the word “happiness”. So the first Russian settlers in California called the mountain, and the Indians changed it to Shasta. The mountain belongs to the stratovolcanoes. Volcanic scientists claim that Shasta’s eruption is imminent, but it is not yet possible to predict the timing. There are 4 peaks adjacent to the main peak, which have different degrees of activity. Shasta is characterized by eternal snows that do not melt even in the hottest summer months. In total, 7 glaciers were found on the mountain, located on the northern and eastern slopes at an altitude of over 3000 m. In clear weather, Shasta shines like a gem and can be seen for 100 miles.
6. North Palisade | Height 4 341 m
North Palisade – the third highest mountain of the Sierra Nevada massif in California (4341 meters). The peak did not submit to man until 1903. The northern slope of the mountain is one of the popular climbing walls. The mountain is located in the Kings Canyon National Park.
5. White Mountain Peak | Height 4 342 m
white mountain peak included in the list of the highest mountains in North America. The height of the peak is 4342 meters. The University of California has three high-altitude research stations on the slopes of this mountain: Crooked Creek at an altitude of 3100 m, Barcroft (3800 m), and a small station at the top. Conquering the peak does not require climbing skills, but it is a serious problem for tourists due to the high altitude.
4. Williamson | Height 4 390 m
Williamson – one of the highest mountains of the Sierra Nevada range of North America. The height of the peak is 4390 meters. The summit was not conquered until 1884. Best season to climb the mountain: June, July, August, September. Climbing a peak like Mount Williamson requires more physical than technical training. Some sections may require some effort, but the entire route can be completed in one day without the need for a lot of special tools and equipment. The organization of intermediate camps, as well as complex acclimatization on such a peak, is not required.
3. Mount Whitney | Height 4 421 m
Whitney Forest – the highest point of the Sierra Nevada ranges of North America, whose height is 4421 meters. The western slope of the mountain is located on the territory of the Sequoia National Park. The mountain got its name in honor of the 1873th-century American geologist Josiah Whitney, who laid the foundation for a comprehensive geological survey of California lands. The first conquerors of its summit in 14,000 were the fishermen Charles Begole, AH Johnson, and John Lucas, who lived in the California city of Lone Pine. Whitney is the first peak on the list of the California Fourteen-Thousanders, the twelve mountains of California whose height exceeds XNUMX feet. It is also the highest point in the Continental States.
2. Robson | Height 3 954 m
Robson – one of the highest points of the Rocky Mountain range located in North America with a height of 3954 m. Mount Robson is distinguished by an amazing vertical structure of the relief and highlighting above the surrounding area. The distance from Lake Berg to the summit is 2300 m. The northern slope is heavily snowed. The thickness of the ice sheet leaves 800 meters from the summit to the Berg Glacier. The height of the southern slope reaches 3000 meters from the foot to the top. The south side of the mountain is clearly visible from the Yellowhead highway (highway 16). The northern slope is visible from the shore of Lake Berg, from a distance of 19 km. The lake has a length of about 2 km. Camps were built at different ends of the lake. Robson Glacier is the source of the Robson River, which flows around the northeast side of the mountain and flows into the ocean. At the foot (on the peneplain) of the Robson Glacier, Nunatak is located, which divides the flow of the glacier into two parts: the western valley of the Robson River and the Eastern Albert Trench. Mount Robson has a very low summit statistic – only 10% of expeditions are successful. Although the mountain is below 4000m, there are no easily accessible routes to the summit, and bad weather conditions crush most climb attempts.
1. Denali | Height 6 190 m
Denali – the highest mountain in North America, whose height is 6190 meters. Located in the heart of the Denali National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. For more than a hundred years, this two-headed mountain was called McKinley. Only in 2015, US President Barack Obama returned its historical name. This is one of the most inaccessible peaks in the world. It is believed that in 1839 the Russian navigator Ferdinand Wrangel put the mountain on the map of Russian America. Until 1867, Denali was the highest point of the Russian Empire, until on March 30, Alaska, along with the mountain, was sold to the United States. In the translation from the language of the Athabaskan Indians, the name of Mount Denali (Denali) means “Great”. During the colonization of Alaska, Russians simply called it Big Mountain. According to some reports, this is one of the variants of the translation of the Indian name. In 1896, the gold digger William Dickey made the first scientific measurements, which showed that the height of the peak reaches over 6000 meters. He proposed to name it in honor of the US presidential candidate William McKinley, who, in his election program, put the security of the US dollar with a gold reserve as one of the points. This name (Mount McKinley) was used until 2015. The mountain has an unusual shape, it is one of the few “two-headed mountains”. If you count from the bottom (deep underwater) to the top, the height of this massif will be greater than that of the world’s greatest peak, Mount Everest.