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Most scenic mountain summit in the USA?

YellowSnow
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Most scenic mountain summit in the USA? 18 votes

Denali, AK
11%
dfleaCougzz 2 votes
Mt Whitney, CA
5%
YellowSnow 1 vote
Grand Teton, WY
0%
Mt Rainier, WA
44%
BennyBeaverPurpleJwhatshouldicareaboutNEsnake12El_KBleachedAnusDawgRDRUSMChawk 8 votes
Mt Hood, OR
11%
whlinderLebamDawg 2 votes
Haleakalā, Maui
5%
Tequilla 1 vote
Mt Washington, NH
0%
Mt Shasta, CA
11%
RaceBannonchuck 2 votes
Mt Baker, WA
0%
Write-in Option
11%
PurpleThrobberBearsWiin 2 votes
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,725 Founders Club
    Mt Shasta, CA
    Made it to the top of the south side of St Helens in the 90's and saw the blast zone but the blast kind of made the mountain less scenic

    We "almost" made it up Hood and Shasta

    Shasta is really cool


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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    Mt Whitney, CA
    RaceBannon said:

    Made it to the top of the south side of St Helens in the 90's and saw the blast zone but the blast kind of made the mountain less scenic

    We "almost" made it up Hood and Shasta

    Shasta is really cool


    I am hopelessly biased toward Mt Whitney. Watched Joe Kidd way too much growing up and then all the drives up US 395 to Mammoth looking out at the tallest peak in the lower 48.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,725 Founders Club
    Mt Shasta, CA
    YellowSnow said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Made it to the top of the south side of St Helens in the 90's and saw the blast zone but the blast kind of made the mountain less scenic

    We "almost" made it up Hood and Shasta

    Shasta is really cool


    I am hopelessly biased toward Mt Whitney. Watched Joe Kidd way too much growing up and then all the drives up US 395 to Mammoth looking out at the tallest peak in the lower 48.
    I love that drive and Lone Pine
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,025
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    Mt. Throbber, home of the G&R Compound is pretty fucking spectacular.

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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    Mt Whitney, CA
    Mt Worshington just has so much lore...

    - Highest recorded wind speed in history for a non cyclone or tornado even at 231 MPH
    - Site of the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944
    - In the summer you can take a steam choo choo (RIP @AZDuck ) to the top


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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,782 Swaye's Wigwam
    Mt Hood, OR
    was a toss up with Shasta - both just stick out like a sore thumb, see Hood more often so it got my vote. Plus I know y'all won't vote for anything Oregon.


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  • Purple_Pills
    Purple_Pills Member Posts: 2,110
    Driving to the summit of 14,115 ft. tall Pikes Peak is pretty awesome.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    Mt Whitney, CA
    Purple_Pills said:

    Driving to the summit of 14,115 ft. tall Pikes Peak is pretty awesome.

    I shafted Colorado. In spite of their having like 50 x 14ers none of them are really speshial IMO. Most are pretty boring looking really.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    Mt Whitney, CA
    Man, where's the Mt Baker, Pennsylvania love? That is one sexy mountain. Maybe the prettiest of the volcanos.


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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,725 Founders Club
    Mt Shasta, CA
    Rainier's hidden twin - Mt Adams


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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    Mt Whitney, CA
    Shout out to @Swaye and redman Mt Rushmore.


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  • BearsWiin
    BearsWiin Member Posts: 5,070
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    The Matterhorn at Disneyland
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    Mt Whitney, CA
    BearsWiin said:

    The Matterhorn at Disneyland

    Real one is better.
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  • BearsWiin
    BearsWiin Member Posts: 5,070
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    YellowSnow said:

    BearsWiin said:

    The Matterhorn at Disneyland

    Real one is better.
    Agree

    Hiked up from Zermatt to the Schwarzsee at the base of the mountain in 1981
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    Mt Whitney, CA
    BearsWiin said:

    YellowSnow said:

    BearsWiin said:

    The Matterhorn at Disneyland

    Real one is better.
    Agree

    Hiked up from Zermatt to the Schwarzsee at the base of the mountain in 1981
    Very close to the same hike for me 13 years later.
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Mt Rainier, WA
    BearsWiin said:

    The Matterhorn at Disneyland

    Nothing special really.
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Denali, AK
    Mt. Rainier is a boss with more snow and ice than all the other Cascade peaks combined. But Denali is a fuckin' monster compared to the others on the list and will definitely fuck you up. A buddy of mine is a ranger on Denali and it's killing people all the time.

    Cool mountains kill people. So that's why I voted.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    Mt Whitney, CA
    dflea said:

    Mt. Rainier is a boss with more snow and ice than all the other Cascade peaks combined. But Denali is a fuckin' monster compared to the others on the list and will definitely fuck you up. A buddy of mine is a ranger on Denali and it's killing people all the time.

    Cool mountains kill people. So that's why I voted.

    One my teammates and best frens guides trips on Denali every year. Crazy weather up there and worse than Everest in this respeck. He had to testify in a court case up there once when some folks sold the couch on the mountain.
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    Mt Rainier, WA
    dflea said:

    Mt. Rainier is a boss with more snow and ice than all the other Cascade peaks combined. But Denali is a fuckin' monster compared to the others on the list and will definitely fuck you up. A buddy of mine is a ranger on Denali and it's killing people all the time.

    Cool mountains kill people. So that's why I voted.

    TAHOMA TOWN TUFF
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,725 Founders Club
    Mt Shasta, CA
    A couple of the big west volcanoes blow and we got way less than 12 years before we die.

    So there's that
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    edited April 2019
    Mt Rainier, WA
    I live at a high enough elevation to not worry. If I start choking on the ash, I'll just start driving south and take a vacation at Shasta or Crater Lake. I hope everyone in the valley dies. It will fix the fucking traffic real quick.
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Denali, AK
    I was fishing on Lake Limerick in Shelton the morning Mt. St. Helens blew up. We heard it blow, but didn't know what it was. It didn't take long before a guy in another boat told us St, Helens had blown up, so we went back to my friend's house to see what was going on.

    There were rumors of a huge wall of mud taking out I-5, and other assorted damage. We hopped in the car, headed up to Capitol Forest and found a lookout spot where we could see St. Helens. The cloud of ash was massive and miles high. The wind was going east so we didn't really gaf, but the skies went dark in Cooger country. 57 people got toasted, so it just goes to show you that fucking around on an actively erupting volcano is a bad idea. Living in Orting is probably a bad idea, too.
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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,782 Swaye's Wigwam
    Mt Hood, OR
    dflea said:

    I was fishing on Lake Limerick in Shelton the morning Mt. St. Helens blew up. We heard it blow, but didn't know what it was. It didn't take long before a guy in another boat told us St, Helens had blown up, so we went back to my friend's house to see what was going on.

    There were rumors of a huge wall of mud taking out I-5, and other assorted damage. We hopped in the car, headed up to Capitol Forest and found a lookout spot where we could see St. Helens. The cloud of ash was massive and miles high. The wind was going east so we didn't really gaf, but the skies went dark in Cooger country. 57 people got toasted, so it just goes to show you that fucking around on an actively erupting volcano is a bad idea. Living in Orting is probably a bad idea, too.

    I was working in the Midwest when St Helens blew, that winter the ash caused orange snow or like some in the tug like to call it Trump Snow. the Weather Channel could have been BSing but I fell for it
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  • BearsWiin
    BearsWiin Member Posts: 5,070
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    I was living in Modesto

    Didn't feel or hear a thing
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    Mt Whitney, CA
    BearsWiin said:

    I was living in Modesto

    Didn't feel or hear a thing

    Me neither. I think I was visiting my great grandparents in Turlock in 1980.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,725 Founders Club
    Mt Shasta, CA
    Ah yes the Big Titties
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