Where is this?

[Bill O]

You pretty much got it. The photo is from the upper slopes of Ben Nevis. The water in the distance is Loch Linnhe.

[krummholz]

Darn! I should have guessed that just because it's the obvious point in the area, but I didn't recognize the peak from that angle.

Here's another one:

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I'm sorry the image is small. When I upload from a URL I get messages saying "remote file too large" until I downsize to that point. When I upload from my computer the image gets downsized. It's been a few years since I've posted photos on this site. I think you can see the salient features well enough. I see now that if you click on it you do get a larger image.

[hobbes]

So is that Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe in the foreground?

I spent a summer at Gordonstoun in Elgin, and we explored a little of the highlands, although the big treat was sailing the west coast (seeing as our trip to Ness yielded no sightings;).

[Bill O]

So is that Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe in the foreground?

I spent a summer at Gordonstoun in Elgin, and we explored a little of the highlands, although the big treat was sailing the west coast (seeing as our trip to Ness yielded no sightings.

Yes, it is........

[Bill O]

It's clearly Mexico or South America. My first guess would be Orizaba in Mexico, mainly because I have been there, but it's a little too rounded.

If it's not Orizaba then it has to be South America. I'm going to keep looking, but I'm at the point where I will be googling known peaks.

Hopefully somebody else will get in on this.

[krummholz]

It's not Orizaba. Think in terms of the fact that it has snow on top and yet it's in an extremely dry area.

[krummholz]

OK, I managed to enlarge the photo:

[krummholz]

The location is on the border of the driest desert in the world. Of the mountains on that border, it is the most statistically noteworthy in a couple of respects.

[hobbes]

Licancabur comes to mind, but the shape seems wrong. Parinacota and Sairecabur are probably more likely candidates.

[krummholz]

This mountain is higher than any of those three.