At Finse station, passengers climb down to the platform with packs and sturdy boots, their breath visible in the cold mountain air.

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Sunburst, perched in the mountains of the Pigeon River valley in the shadow of Cold Mountain, the setting for the novel of the same name, sells 65% of its products, which include fillets and trout eggs, to high-end grocery chains Whole Foods and the Fresh Market, among others.

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Sunburst, perched in the mountains of the Pigeon River valley in the shadow of Cold Mountain, the setting for the novel of the same name, sells 65% of its products, which include fillets and trout eggs, to high-end grocery chains Whole Foods (nasdaq: WFMI - news - people ) and the Fresh Market, among others.

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But as good as parts of this film are - the battle scenes, the Law and Portman vignette, Seymour Hoffman's frisky clergyman - Cold Mountain cannot overcome the problems of its central uninspiring romance.

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Meanwhile, there was some good news for Minghella's Cold Mountain, which has been chosen as the opening film for the 54th Berlin International Film Festival.

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This loop also passes through the Sasso San Gottardo, a demilitarised tunnel that is part of a network of clandestine Swiss Army caves and tunnels built into the mountain and used as bunkers during WWII and the Cold War.

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