Top mountain peaks
Mountain PeakBonanza Peak
Mount Stuart
Buckner Mountain
Mount Fernow
Seven Fingered Jack
Argonaut Peak
Liberty Bell Mountain
Cardinal Peak
Sahale Mountain
Black Peak
Clark Mountain
Agnes Mountain
Mountain PeakBooker Mountain
Mountain PeakSentinel Peak (Washington)
Mount Maude
Mountain PeakMagic Mountain
Map
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.