Top mountain peaks
Chief Mountain
Mountain PeakMount Cleveland
Mount Siyeh
Mount Wilbur
Mount Grinnell
Reynolds Mountain
Rising Wolf Mountain
Gable Mountain
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain
Mount Merritt
Mount Ellsworth
Sinopah Mountain
McClintock Peak
Mount Helen
Mount Henkel
Mountain PeakMount Logan
Allen Mountain
Pollock Mountain
Red Eagle Mountain
Mountain PeakSplit Mountain
Stoney Indian Peaks
Summit Mountain
Piegan Mountain
Campbell Mountain
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How to photograph mountain peaks
Summits catch first and last light — alpenglow can turn rock pink or orange minutes before sunrise and after sunset while valleys stay in shadow.
- Photograph the peak from a lake, meadow or ridge at sunrise when the face that looks east lights up first.
- Long lenses compress ridgelines; shoot the peak from several miles away to make it look massive.
- Afternoon thunderstorms are common in summer at high elevations — plan summit hikes for early morning.
- Snow on the summit holds detail best when you expose for the highlights and lift shadows later.
- Alpenglow lasts only a few minutes; set up and focus beforehand.
Season: Early summer keeps snow on the peaks with green valleys below; autumn adds aspen or larch color in many ranges.