Stone tower houses and the Valbona Pass trail through the "Accursed Mountains", one of Europe’s last wild ranges.
Painted churches and forest trails.
Bosnia’s oldest park: Maglic, the country’s highest peak, and Perucica, one of Europe’s last primeval forests.
Forested highlands rising green out of the Djiboutian desert.
West Africa's highest active volcano.
Green highlands of terraced villages and baboons around Abha.
The Caribbean’s highest peak at 3,098 m, a two-day trek with mules through pine forest to a summit above the clouds.
Jagged peaks and gelada baboons.
The world’s highest and longest cable car, up to 4,765 m in the Andes.
Hike between villages to a crater lake.
Famous hairpin mountain road plunging off the Huila plateau.
Two-week trek up the Baltoro Glacier to the foot of the world’s second-highest peak.
Classic Himalayan trekking circuit.
Glacial lake staircase high in the Rila mountains.
Climb the vast flat-topped tepui.
A switchback road to the UAE’s highest point, home to the world’s longest zipline at 160 km/h.
Apricot orchards and forts beneath 7,000-metre Karakoram peaks.
Emerald river valley walled by the Hindu Kush north of Kabul.
High Hindu Kush pass and Soviet-era tunnel linking Kabul to the north.
The highest mountain in the British Isles, 1,345 m above Fort William.
The "troll’s tongue" rock ledge jutting 700 m above lake Ringedalsvatnet.
Peaks and ski resorts around Innsbruck.
Patagonia’s granite towers, glacier lakes and the classic W trek.
Flat-topped cliff hanging 604 m over the Lysefjord.
Berber villages below snowy peaks.
Rhyolite mountains streaked orange, green and pink, with a natural hot river to soak in after the walk — the start of the Laugavegur trail.
Train to the "Top of Europe".
Car-free alpine village at the foot of the world’s most photographed peak, with Europe’s highest cable-car station.
The Seven Summits challenge is one of the most iconic goals in mountaineering: reaching the highest peak on each of the seven continents.
Summit Gran Paradiso, 4,061 m — the only 4,000er entirely inside Italy and a classic first big peak
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