We continued our climb towards our final pass at Jashyl-Kol, where the mountains were black and glaciers loomed.
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The problem is most acute in the Central Valley, where nearby mountains tend to trap the pollution sent to the skies from heavy auto traffic and other machinery.
There is also plenty of skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing to be done elsewhere in the country, where the mountains may not soar as high as the Alps, but assets include cheaper prices, smaller crowds and a less frenetic atmosphere.
Estimates in both cases are constrained by limited information about the geology of the mountains where the explosions took place.
Many superlative vintages come from Colchagua Valley, where the high mountains trap the warm air in and keep cold Pacific air out.
Even so, the focus of the manhunt remains on the San Bernardino Mountains where the search has been slowed by heavy snowfall.
There are few visible signs of the financial crunch on campus, where the Rocky Mountains loom over the pink sandstone buildings and manicured lawns.
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Other former coffee-plantation land, high in the mountains where the soil is rich in volcanic minerals, remains overgrown with weeds and contains barren trees.
Tata Tea (now Tata Global Beverages) has sold its vast plantation in the Western Ghat mountains where it was the biggest employer for more than a century.
Washington County is a terrain of gentle hills and close valleys that grows more rugged as you get east over toward the Vermont border, where the Green Mountains begin in earnest.
In addition to the fruitful meeting and discussions in terms of the Programme of the Seminar the participants journeyed to the mountains where they could find unique rock petroglifs, especially Beyukdash mountain.
On the road from Amasra, 12km before Cide, a small winding road leads to Gideros Bay, where the Kure mountains part to reveal pristine turquoise blue waters, clear enough to see the sea bed from the shore.
Park ranger David Noble found the trees in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, where the average rainfall in the mountains in 1, 050mm and 850mm at lower levels.
Here in the mountains, where every sunrise starts, I'll heal my heart for awhile.
Find your way back to the mountains, where you know you belong, where your dreams can't go wrong.
It says Friday's clashes occurred in the Ifoghas mountains, where many militants are believed to be hiding.
If you want to buy, head for East Stroudsburg in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, where the Frazettas live on 75 wooded acres.
Towering behind the camp at 8, 000 feet are the Mahale Mountains, where waterfalls and cool pools beg to be explored during an afternoon excursion.
Both sides also described clashes in and around Grozny and in the southern mountains, where Russia's military said it also carried out air strikes.
The couple, high-school sweethearts, retired to Arizona in the mid-1990s and built their dream home in the mountains, where they often entertained friends, Mr. Royle said.
For now, the focus of the manhunt remains on Big Bear and the surrounding San Bernardino Mountains, where Dorner's burned-out pickup was found a day earlier.
For now, the focus of the manhunt remains on Big Bear and the surrounding San Bernardino Mountains, where Dorner's burned out-pickup was found a day earlier.
In June, 60 drivers took theirs through the Rocky Mountains, where they climbed and descended steep passes, suffering setbacks no more serious than the occasional overheated radiator.
For much of the past three decades, the army managed to confine the guerrillas to remote jungles and mountains, where they impinged little on the economy and national life.
This figure may now be lower: torrential rain in late September drove many refugees down from the mountains, where they were sheltering under plastic sheeting and tarpaulins, into nearby towns.
Residents of Anchorage's Hillside district are particularly concerned because their homes hug the slopes of the Chugach Mountains, where snowfall is as much as double that of the rest of the city.
Entering the city while letting most of the fighters escape would pave the way for a long partisan war, waged by guerrillas based in the mountains, where they are almost impossible to winkle out.
Tessalit is about 200km (125 miles) north of Kidal and is a gateway to the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains, where rebels are believed to have sought refuge after being forced from the main population centres in the north and east of the country.
It is not an easy trip to plan on your own, which is where tour operator Myths and Mountains comes in.
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