Best Peaks to Climb in November
27 catalog summits list November in their published season window.
November flips toward austral spring and polar season: New Zealand, Patagonia granite, Table Mountain, and Antarctica (Vinson, Sidley) enter the in-season set.
Nepal trekking peaks (Ama Dablam, Mera, Island Peak) and Mexican volcanoes also show. USA coverage is the short-season leftover, not a fall 14er rush.
If you want ice and expedition logistics, this is the start of the Antarctic and Southern Alps chapter — not Northern Hemisphere summer.
Countries in season
Day hike (7)
- Mauna Kea — USA · 13,796 ft · High-altitude drive / hike · Year-round; summit can be cold or snowy in winter
- Telescope Peak — USA · 11,043 ft · Class 1–2 hike · Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Haleakalā — USA · 10,023 ft · Drive / Class 1–2 hike · Year-round (summit is cold; storms year-round)
- Guadalupe Peak — USA · 8,751 ft · Class 1 hike · Oct–Apr
- Kuwohi — USA · 6,643 ft · Class 1 paved walk · Apr–Nov (road season varies)
- Hallasan — South Korea · 6,398 ft · Class 1 hike · Apr–Nov
- Table Mountain — South Africa · 3,563 ft · Class 1 hike · Nov–Mar
Strenuous hike (5)
- Popocatépetl — Mexico · 17,802 ft · Restricted / volcanic · Nov–Mar
- Ras Dashen — Ethiopia · 14,901 ft · Class 2 hike · Oct–Mar
- Mauna Loa — USA · 13,679 ft · High-altitude hike · Year-round (weather dependent)
- Mount Cameroon — Cameroon · 13,255 ft · Strenuous day / overnight · Nov–Feb
- Volcán Acatenango — Guatemala · 13,041 ft · Strenuous day / overnight · Nov–Apr
Scramble (1)
- Old Rag Mountain — USA · 3,268 ft · Class 3 scramble (permit) · Mar–Nov
Snow / glacier (3)
- Pico de Orizaba — Mexico · 18,491 ft · Snow / glacier climb · Nov–Mar
- Iztaccíhuatl — Mexico · 17,159 ft · Snow / glacier climb · Nov–Mar
- Volcán Villarrica — Chile · 9,383 ft · Snow climb · Nov–Mar
Alpine technical (6)
- Ama Dablam — Nepal · 22,494 ft · Technical alpine · Apr–May or Oct–Nov
- Aoraki / Mt. Cook — New Zealand · 12,218 ft · Alpine ice / rock · Nov–Mar
- Mt. Tasman — New Zealand · 11,475 ft · Alpine ice · Nov–Mar
- Cerro Fitz Roy — Argentina · 11,171 ft · Elite big-wall · Nov–Mar
- Mt. Aspiring — New Zealand · 9,947 ft · Alpine climb · Nov–Mar
- Cerro Paine Grande — Chile · 9,462 ft · Technical rock · Nov–Mar
Expedition (5)
- Mera Peak — Nepal · 21,247 ft · Trekking peak · Apr–May, Oct–Nov
- Island Peak — Nepal · 20,285 ft · Trekking peak · Apr–May or Oct–Nov
- Mount Vinson — Antarctica · 16,050 ft · Polar expedition · Nov–Jan
- Mt. Meru — Tanzania · 14,980 ft · Trekking peak · Jun–Feb
- Mt. Sidley — Antarctica · 13,717 ft · Polar expedition · Nov–Jan
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