Range/top

[Charlie Bernstein]

Is it necessary to include ''the'' before ''Chersky top?'' For example, ''You can hike to (the) Chersky top.'' I think it's mandatory but what rule is it based on?

The Cherskys don't have a top. They have a highest (or tallest) mountain. A mountain range is a group of mountains. It doesn't have one top. It has lots of tops.

The word the says it's just one thing, like the highest peak.

So you can hike to the top (or peak or summit) of the one highest mountain in the Chersky range.

But you can't hike to the top of the range. There's not one top. So you can't hike to it.

The range does have one highest point. So you can hike to the highest point.

 

[Yankee]

Chersky is not a mountain but the name of the range. Mountain ranges don't have peaks—only mountains do.

So, why did you post:
"You can hike through the Chersky mountains.
You can hike to the top of the Chersky mountains." ?

 

[Tarheel]

Are those mountains known for being mountains that you can hike to the top?

 

[Rachel Adams]

The Cherskys don't have a top. They have a highest (or tallest) mountain. A mountain range is a group of mountains. It doesn't have one top. It has lots of tops.

The word the says it's just one thing, like the highest peak.

So you can hike to the top (or peak or summit) of the one highest mountain in the Chersky range.

But you can't hike to the top of the range. There's not one top. So you can't hike to it.

The range does have one highest point. So you can hike to the highest point.

Or you can climb to it.