Sentences with phrase «by granite peaks»
Yosemite has five hike - in High Sierra Camps: Merced Lake sits at 7,150 feet and is ringed by granite peaks.
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When we reached the top by the shining granite walls of the road cut through the mountain, a huge sunburst illuminated the peak of Mount Brandon, and laid out before us were the dark tarns that held trout and the gleaming thread of the Cloghane River, where the salmon and white trout ran 3,000 feet below.
By late afternoonwe are climbing through the granite peaks of the Absaroka Mountains, approaching — if my $ 2 compass is accurate — a 10,400 - foot rubble heap that bearsthe dubious name Republic Pass.
The IODP team wants to test a leading model for peak ring formation, in which granite from Earth's depths rebounds after a major impact, like water struck by stone, to form a central tower, taller than the crater rim.
Surrounded by red granite peaks, we descend towards the coast at Loch Slapin in the south.
Spectacular vertical granite peaks, immense rivers of ice, wind - swept plains and native beech forests define this spot of intense rugged beauty in the South of Chili and Argentina, where the Andes mountains are covered by the most extensive area of glaciers outside the world's polar regions.
By: Katie McGrain TRAILS AROUND THE WORLD presents Hiking to the Golden Buddha in Seoul Granite peaks rise above the skyline to the north of Seoul, South Korea providing a stunning visual, and a...
Sheer granite walls plunge thousands of feet into calm indigo water, broken only by the reflection of the towering snowy peaks that border the sound.
The city, surrounded by rolling hills, granite domes, and peaks is situated approximately 200 km inland from the coast and acts as a critical point of accessibility to the Northern region of Mozambique.