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Photos: Famous snow-covered peaks from around the world

This photograph taken from a helicopter shows an aerial view of the Mount Everest in Nepal's Solukhumbu district, some 140kms northeast of Kathmandu, on November 22, 2018. (Prakash Mathema/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

In this file photograph taken on April 24, 2018, climbers cross the Khumbu icefall of Mount Everest (8848m), as seen from the Everest base camp, some 140 kms northeast of Kathmandu. (Prakash Mathema/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

In this file photograph taken on April 22, 2018, Mount Everest (8848m) is pictured in the Everest region, some 140 kms northeast of the Nepali capital Kathmandu. (Prakash Mathema/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

In this photograph taken on April 20, 2015, a Nepalese porter carries goods along a pathway in the Himalayas, with Mount Everest on the left, in the village of Tembuche in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal. (Roberto Schmidt/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

The ice cap atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, which for thousands of years has floated like a cool beacon over the shimmering equatorial plain of Tanzania, is retreating at such a quickening pace that it will disappear in less than 15 years, according to new studies. (Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University/The New York Times)

The snow covered peak of Mount Kilimanjaro is seen from the Amboseli National Park June 21, 2018. (Tony Karumbatony Karumba/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

A view of Mount Elbrus in the Northern Caucasus is taken March 4, 1947. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

This photo was taken from below the summit of Antarctica's highest peak, Mount Vinson. The Pyramid shaped mountain is Mount Shinn. The Mountain Behind is Mount Tyree. (Getty Images)

Tom Mulvey, 57, of Kentfield, spent 22 days on Denali attempting to summit the 20,310-foot Alaskan mountain. He made it to about 18,200 feet before he felt that his hands were frost nipped. He turned around and made camp at 17,200 feet. When the crew was ready to climb the next day, he decided he couldn't risk any more damage to his hands. So he stayed at camp until another crew made the descent back to base. (Courtesy of Tom Mulvey)

Tom Mulvey, 57, of Kentfield, spent 22 days on Denali attempting to summit the 20,310-foot Alaskan mountain. He made it to about 18,200 feet before he felt that his hands were frost nipped. He turned around and made camp at 17,200 feet. When the crew was ready to climb the next day, he decided he couldn't risk any more damage to his hands. So he stayed at camp until another crew made the descent back to base. (Courtesy of Tom Mulvey)

Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, is seen from Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi prefecture on Nov. 1, 2018. (Behrouz Mehri/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

Central Japan Railway Co.'s 700 series Shinkansen bullet train crosses the Fuji Gawa river in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on Friday, April 30, 2010. Mount Fuji is in the background. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg)

Paragliders are seen in front of Mont-Blanc, on July 1, 2018, in Chamonix, the French Alpes. (Jean-Pierre Clatot/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

This picture taken on September 28, 2018 in Chamonix-Mont Blanc, eastern France, shows the summit of Mont-Blanc peak (4807m) (C), Dôme du Goûter (4324m) (R) Mont Maudit (4465m) (L) and the Bossons glacier in the French Alps. (Jean-Pierre Clatot/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

Tourists walk toward the Aconcagua mountain (background) in Argentina on February 2, 2013. The Aconcagua is the highest mountain (6962 meters/22,841 feet) of the Americas, the second in the world and one of the "7 Summits". This Andean peak located in the Aconcagua provincial park in the Mendoza province, offers a high altitude adventure, a chance to walk or climb on a big mountain. (Daniel Garcia/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

Tourists walk toward the Aconcagua mountain (background) in Argentina on February 2, 2013. (Daniel Garcia/Agence Framce-Presse via Getty Images)

View of the Aconcagua mountain in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, as see from Santiago, Chile, on May 14, 2014. The Aconcagua, with a height of 6,962 metres above sea level, is the highest point in the Western and Southern Hemispheres. (Martin Bernetti/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

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The Matterhorn rises over Zermatt, Switzerland. (Alan Behr/MCT)

Mount Kangchenjunga is seen from Pelling in India's Sikkim state on December 19, 2013. Kangchenjunga is the world's third highest mountain at 8,586 metres (28,169 feet) after Mount Everest and K2. (Diptendu Dutta/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)