The most beautiful mountains in the world captivate those who lay eyes upon them. We bestow these mountains with personality, declare them as home to the gods, elevate them to a status that’s surely greater than the sum of their rock, ice and earth. We'll travel thousands of miles just to revel in their presence. For those who love the mountains, we are all in their thrall.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so any roundup of the world’s most beautiful mountains is going to cause a fair bit of debate. “But you’ve left out Mount Fuji, Stetind, Half Dome, Triglav and Kilimanjaro!” we hear you cry in consternation. Narrowing our selection down to a list of 11 meant many deserving peaks (if inanimate collections of rock and ice can be said to be deserving) have been left out in the cold. This was always inevitable.
