Snow-capped mountains are very attractive attractions, which attracts many explorers to climb. There are many famous snow mountains in the world, including the highest snow mountains, the most beautiful snow mountains, the coldest snow mountains, etc. Do you know them?
1. The highest snow mountain in the world
Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, is 8,848 meters above sea level and is the main peak of the Himalayas. Mount Everest is covered with snow and ice all year round, with extremely low temperature, thin air and harsh environment. It is also known as the "third pole of the earth".
Mount Everest is famous all over the world for being difficult to climb. Even so, it still attracts thousands of mountaineers to challenge it every year, and conquering Mount Everest has become the lifelong dream of many professional climbers.
As the highest snow-capped mountain in the world, the height of Mount Everest is now divided into rock surface height and snow cover height. The 8844.43 meters we call is the rock surface height, that is, the real height after removing the snow cover, and the overall height is the snow cover height，up to 8848 meters.
2. The coldest snow mountain in the world
The coldest snow-capped mountain in the world is Antarctica's highest peak, Vincent Peak. Antarctica is the coldest place in the world. The Antarctic continent is completely covered by ice and snow. The highest peak here is 4897 meters above sea level. It's the coldest here.
Antarctica is the coldest continent on Earth, with winter extremes rarely above -40°C, with the lowest temperature recorded at -88.3°C. The winds of Antarctica are also unique. Cold air slides sharply from the continental plateau along the slopes of the continental ice sheets, creating high-velocity winds near the surface.
When the wind speed exceeds 15 m/s, a blizzard will form, and you can't see your fingers. Even the warmest months often have winds of more than 160 kilometers per hour and temperatures are only around 10 degrees Celsius.
3. The shortest snow mountain in the world
The shortest snow mountain in the world is Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which is the closest snow mountain to the equator in the northern hemisphere. The entire snow mountain consists of thirteen peaks, which are arranged vertically from north to south, stretching for nearly 50 kilometers, and about 13 kilometers wide from east to west.
The top of the Thirteen Peaks is covered with snow all year round, like a row of jade pillars. The main peak can be seen in the town below the mountain. It is 5596 meters above sea level. It is the lowest latitude and highest mountain in the northern hemisphere in the world.
The snow-capped mountains are so beautiful that many people want to climb the snow-capped mountains to see the beautiful scenery, but we should also pay attention to the complex environment of some snow-capped mountains, we must pay attention to safety.
Even if you join a commercial mountaineering team, you can't count on anyone else in such a dangerous environment. You should have a firm grasp on your own gear, oxygen and mountaineering decisions. Abandoning the mountain in time will save you a new chance to try, because failure is better than death.
In fact, the more inexperienced a climber is, the more likely he is to make it on the first try. It's just taking luck by ignoring the existence of risk, which of course is very dangerous. You can get away with luck once or twice, but it doesn't make any sense for long-term climbers over the years.
On a lengthy climb, as opposed to downhill with a well-predicted environment, bad weather can come unexpectedly on the mountain. Mountains have their own weather laws, such weather changes cannot be accurately predicted based on today's weather conditions, and we cannot build a weather station on the top of the mountain.
So on the one hand, we have to trust the predictions of the popular weather forecast system, but always pay close attention to the changes of the mountain itself. In this way, we can really enjoy the charm of the snow-capped mountains.
