Mountain Day

[4] Colby-Sawyer College's Mountain Day is stated to have started in the 1850s, although the first account of it in the student newspaper is not listed until June 1893.

[7] December 11, "International Mountain Day", was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003.

The General Assembly "encouraged the international community to organize events at all levels on that day to highlight the importance of sustainable mountain development.

It aims to raise awareness about indigenous peoples and minorities who live in mountain environments and the relevance of their cultural heritage, traditions and customs.

[9] On International Mountain Day 2018, Josué Lorca, president of Venezuela’s National Parks Institute, traveled to the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Mérida, to announce measures intended to lengthen the life of Venezuela's last remaining glacier.