I'm sort of a geology geek and I was doing some research on mountain ranges around the world.

The first one is Mount Wilson located about 18 miles west of Las Vegas, Nevada. Although it called a mountain, it's technically known as a "Butte" or rock outcropping. The second is the Matterhorn in the Alps. It was formed through a complicated process involving separations of plates.

Both are angry looking and I suspect Mother Nature must have had a really "Bad Hair Day" when she created these mountains.

 

Skiing the Matterhorn (Cervinia) is pretty cool. You do have to remember to take your passport with you in case you get lost and end up in Zermatt.

http://www.cervinia.it/pages/Home_e_en/212

 

I climbed Matterhorn Peak (the one in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California).

Cerro Torre has always looked "angrier" to me than the Matterhorn or Mount Wilson.

 

Interestingly, Mount Wilson in Nevada gets snowfall in the winter.

Don't try skiing on it - it's almost straight down over the jagged rocks. By the time a fall victim makes it all the way to the bottom, he'll be hamburger!!!

 

Skiing the Matterhorn (Cervinia) is pretty cool. You do have to remember to take your passport with you in case you get lost and end up in Zermatt.

http://www.cervinia.it/pages/Home_e_en/212

I had the pleasure of skiing from the other side, to Italy for lunch - through an absurd border crossing - and back to Zermatt for the night.

 

I did just the reverse, and it is one of the cool places I got to check off the bucket list at an early age. Thanks for reviving the memories.