Where is this amazing Peak?
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MuchosPixels
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Where is this amazing Peak?
Hi, I found this image while browsing the net and it is pretty amazing and on the verge of being almost fake but Im pretty sure it's real. I have no clue where it is. I think its somewhere in North America but I have no clue, might be northern Europe looks like its in a humid climate. Anyone know the name and location of this peak?
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SeracZack
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Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
Shangri-La, China. At least that is what Google came up with.
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MuchosPixels
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Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
Ok, just found it. Just installed ImageExchange plug-in on chrome (got it while browsing the luminous-landscape website, they had an article on that type of software). Lo and behold I got a hit on getty images.
It's not in China
anyone?
It's not in China
anyone?
Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
So whats the name of the peak?
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prestone818
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Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
im guessing new zealand
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14erFred
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Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
The mountain is real -- it's Mitre peak (5,551 ft.) in New Zealand, in Fiordland National Park close to the shore of Milford Sound. See http://www.backpackingmatt.com/climbing ... w-zealand/ -- a spectacular peak indeed!
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MuchosPixels
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Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
Bingo! (That was fast, impressive!)
"New Zealand,South Is.,Fiordland Nat. Park,Milford Sound,Mitre Peak, Fiordland National Park and World Heritage area includes some of New Zealand's most famous walks including the Milford Track. Milford Sound (22km long fjord) is at the end of the Milford Track and is the home of the 1695m Mitre Peak. Photographer:
Christopher Arnesen"
Wow, what a place. I just added it to the places I MUST go sometime...
"New Zealand,South Is.,Fiordland Nat. Park,Milford Sound,Mitre Peak, Fiordland National Park and World Heritage area includes some of New Zealand's most famous walks including the Milford Track. Milford Sound (22km long fjord) is at the end of the Milford Track and is the home of the 1695m Mitre Peak. Photographer:
Christopher Arnesen"
Wow, what a place. I just added it to the places I MUST go sometime...
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prestone818
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Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
damn im good, its called mitre peak
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14erFred
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prestone818
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Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
nz is on my list of places to go. absurdly long flight though. maybe i should wait until commercial space travel is up and running
Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
Good luck on seeing it like that though. Mitre Peak is in the Milford Sound and it rains 300+ days a year. Usually the peak is covered in clouds. On the plus side, the rain makes the waterfalls spill off all the cliffs. It's one of the prettiest places that I've been.
Where the photo was taken from is at the end of the Milford Track, one of the most famous hikes in the world.
Where the photo was taken from is at the end of the Milford Track, one of the most famous hikes in the world.
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jdorje
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Re: Where is this amazing Peak?
Only vaguely related: in New Zealand, at the same latitude as Colorado, the treeline is around 5000 feet. Completely bizarre (and you can tell in that picture).
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