We took a tourist flight to view Mount Everest this morning. It was a crystal clear morning. We flew along the Mahalangur Mountain Range which has 20 mountains with an elevation of over 19,000 feet. This was an awe inspiring adventure!
Everest is the mountain on the left. It is hard to realize how huge this mountain is because it is surrounded by other giants. The flat looking mountain to the right of Everest is called Lhotse and it is a stubby little 27,940 foot peak. The highest mountain in the entire Rocky Mountain Range is Mt. Elbert 14,440 feet.
Below are two photos from the flight brochure. This brochure shows the highest peaks in the mountain range that includes Mt. Everest. Those that are labeled are the ones that exceed 19,000 feet. Any one of these gigantic rocks is bigger than the whole Big Horn Mountain Range.
I don't know which peak this is but thought that the huge snow pack on the southwesterly side was amazing. The winds on top of these high peaks is such that much of the snow is blown off.
A view of the mountain range a little to the west of Mount Everest. The snow line is probably around 15,000 feet.
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