What is A Mountain?

[Gradine]

Of course, we all know that mountains aren't real

 

[FrogReaver]

my take

Mountain - those big things sticking up in the distance

Hill - anything near me that one in decent health could feasibly walk up

It turns out alot of mountains become hills the closer you get to them.

 

[Corinnguard]

Some hills once upon a time were mountains.

Hill - anything near me that one in decent health could feasibly walk up

What separates a hill from a mountain is elevation. Any body of rock with an elevation of 1,000 feet or more is considered to be a mountain.

 

[FrogReaver]

What separates a hill from a mountain is elevation. Any body of rock with an elevation of 1,000 feet or more is considered to be a mountain.

I don’t think so.

 

[Zardnaar]

I don’t think so.

It varies when I Google it 500 metres got mentioned.

Large hill to me on Saturday.

 

[R_J_K75]

I always found it odd that Mount Waterdeep is only 700 feet in elevation. I've seen ant hills in my back yard bigger than that.

 

[gban007]

Silly question right but let me indulge.

I was reading Dragon of Ice Spire Peak. The peak is 2500 feet high. My brain approximated that in meters. Around 700.

Apparently 762 meters. Ice Spire Peak. To me that's a glorified hill.

Mount Cargill dominates the skyline here.
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676 meters cold Winters day. Doesn't exactly scream ice or Peak. It's a few hours hike basically.


We hike up here. We saw runners today running up it.


It peaks at 739 meters similar in size to Ice Spire Peak. 1-2 hours depending on where you ascend from add another hour if you do the Ridgeline.

Today we went about half way up we like the forest walk.
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12 years old school camp we hiked up around 1300 meters (small mountain. It's peak was 1600 meters and you can get up some around 2000 meters without being a climber.

Anyway my perspective may be a bit warped the Sword Mountains equivalent a 5-10 drive from house depending on traffic and a 1-3 hour hike depending on where you want to start from and ascend to.

30 minutes north 700 odd meters up.


Small mountain 1300 meters.

Roy's Peak Track | Wānaka, New Zealand

With stunning panoramic views across Lake Wānaka, Roy's Peak is a great way to experience true South Island beauty.

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So what's a mountain to you?

In our own country Zardnaar:

Mount Maunganui (mountain) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The main thing generally though is to make sure it isn't a K'Chain Che'Malle device instead (having just read some Malazan books)

 

[GuardianLurker]

So what's a mountain to you?

Heh. According to the USGS (the US's official map-keepers) the definition of a mountain is "whatever the locals say is one". All other definitions they tried (absolute height, % slopes, relative rise, etc.) had to many exceptions.

"No Official Definition": What is the difference between "mountain", "hill", and "peak"; "lake" and "pond"; or "river" and "creek?" | U.S. Geological Survey

 

[Zardnaar]

In our own country Zardnaar:

Mount Maunganui (mountain) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The main thing generally though is to make sure it isn't a K'Chain Che'Malle device instead (having just read some Malazan books)

That's the North Island though.

Mountain to them is your sloped drive way in Auckland.

 

[Zardnaar]

Ra8ning yesterday but made it to the top. 8:45am started.



Heading up.


Mah city.

Looking west still a bit of snow on the peaks heading into sumner.


Facing north Mount Cargill. Bit smaller than Dragonspire. You can walk their from here following a Ridgeline then crossing over.