Posts Tagged ‘mountain’

Llyn Llydaw & Y Lliwedd from Pyg Track, Snowdon Horseshoe, Snowdonia, North Wales

Llyn Llydaw & Y Lliwedd from Pyg Track in winter, Snowdon Horseshoe, Snowdonia, North Wales – Photo By Simon Kirwan

Zugspitze Summit, Bavaria, Highest Point in Germany

Zugspitze Summit, Bavaria, Highest Point in Germany – Photo By Simon Kirwan. Zugspitze stands 962 m (9,718 ft) above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the border between Germany and Austria runs over its western summit.

Cascade d’Imlil Waterfall, Toubkal, Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Cascade d’Imlil Waterfall, Toubkal, Atlas Mountains, Morocco – Photo By Simon Kirwan


Scafells, Lingmell & Great Gable, Wastwater, Wasdale, Lake District National Park, Cumbria

Scafells, Lingmell & Great Gable, Wastwater, Wasdale, Lake District National Park, Cumbria – Photography By Simon Kirwan, from Landscapes of North West England (Myriad Books)

Skiddaw, Keswick & Derwent Water Aerial View, Lake District From The Air

Skiddaw, Keswick & Derwent Water Aerial View, Lake District From The Air, published by Myriad Books – Aerial Photography By Simon Kirwan

Paragliding Fairsnape Fell from Parlick, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Paragliding Fairsnape Fell from Parlick, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire – Photography By Simon Kirwan, from Landscapes of North West England, Myriad Books


Glas Llyn & Snowdon, Yr Wyddfa, Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, Wales

Glas Llyn & Snowdon, Yr Wyddfa, Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, Wales – Photography By Simon Kirwan. From the book North Wales Landscapes (Myriad Books).

Eiger Nordwand, Interlaken, Switzerland

Eiger Nordwand, Interlaken, Switzerland – Travel Photography By Simon Kirwan

Cycling Bealach na Bà, Wester Ross, Scotland

Cycling Bealach na Bà, Applecross Peninsula, Wester Ross, Scotland – Photo By Simon Kirwan – approaching hairpins at top of Bealach na Bà, the Pass of the Cattle, which ascends from sea-level to 2054 ft in about 5 miles, the 3rd highest road in Scotland and the greatest ascent of any road climb in the […]


Brodick Bay, Isle of Arran, Scotland

Brodick Bay & Goat Fell Sunset Panorama, Isle of Arran, Scotland – Photo By Simon Kirwan

Derwent Water, Lake District, Cumbria

Derwent Water, Lake District, Cumbria – Photo By Simon Kirwan

Morskie Oko, Tatrzański Park Narodowy, Polska

Morskie Oko, Tatrzański Park Narodowy, Polska – Photo By Simon Kirwan. Literally ‘Eye of the Sea’, legend has it that the lake, situated at 1,405 meters above sea level in the Polish Tatra Mountains, connects to the sea through an underground passage.