Do you recognize this mountain? It's one of my favorites yet, surprisingly, it seems to get very little exposure in the media (print, digital, social or otherwise). It's kind of an underdog, and I'm not sure why. It has everything a nice looking mountain could want—a triangular shape, tumbling glaciers, an imposing North Face, lots of rock. There's even a real face within the North Face. Can you see it? Anyway, I love it. The name of the mountain is Mont Collon, elevation 11,932 feet (3,637 meters). Mont Collon is located in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The glacier that you see tumbling down from the right is called the Glacier du Mont Collon, which flows into what remains of the Bas Glacier d'Arolla. Sadly, warm weather over the years has taken it's toll on the ice. You can see this lovely mountain when hiking the famous Haute Route from Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland. This view dominates the skyline as you look south from the village of Arolla, elevation 6,555 feet (1,998 meters).
