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Peak Conditions

Current summit conditions across the solar system, grouped by body. Spoiler: uniformly hostile.

Mars

PeakStatusLatest reportUpdated
Olympus MonsSevereThin carbon-dioxide air (about 600 Pa at the datum, far less at these summits), daytime highs near −20°F that plunge below −150°F at night, and planet-girdling dust storms.never
Ascraeus MonsSevereThin carbon-dioxide air (about 600 Pa at the datum, far less at these summits), daytime highs near −20°F that plunge below −150°F at night, and planet-girdling dust storms.never
Elysium MonsSevereThin carbon-dioxide air (about 600 Pa at the datum, far less at these summits), daytime highs near −20°F that plunge below −150°F at night, and planet-girdling dust storms.never
Arsia MonsSevereThin carbon-dioxide air (about 600 Pa at the datum, far less at these summits), daytime highs near −20°F that plunge below −150°F at night, and planet-girdling dust storms.never

Io

PeakStatusLatest reportUpdated
Boösaule MontesSevereNo breathable air, sulfur-dioxide frost, 300 km-high volcanic plumes, and a lethal bath of Jovian radiation.never
Ionian MonsSevereNo breathable air, sulfur-dioxide frost, 300 km-high volcanic plumes, and a lethal bath of Jovian radiation.never
Euboea MontesSevereNo breathable air, sulfur-dioxide frost, 300 km-high volcanic plumes, and a lethal bath of Jovian radiation.never

Venus

PeakStatusLatest reportUpdated
Maxwell MontesSevereThe worst weather anywhere: a ~465°C surface, 90+ atmospheres of crushing carbon dioxide, and clouds of sulfuric acid.never

Vesta

PeakStatusLatest reportUpdated
RheasilviaSevereAirless and frigid (about −190°F in sunlight).never

Iapetus

PeakStatusLatest reportUpdated
Equatorial Ridge of IapetusSevereAirless, about −225°F, and famously two-faced — one hemisphere is coal-black, the other bright ice.never

Earth

PeakStatusLatest reportUpdated
Mauna KeaSevereActual weather! Wind, snow, and breathable air (less of it the higher you go).never
Mauna LoaSevereActual weather! Wind, snow, and breathable air (less of it the higher you go).never
Mount EverestSevereActual weather! Wind, snow, and breathable air (less of it the higher you go).never

Post a Condition Update

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