Sentences with phrase «mountain peaks at»

There's 360 - degree views of Whistler Village on the way up and stunning mountain peaks at the top.

Vail Mountain peaks at 11,570 feet, offering 5,289 skiable acres with over 80 trails and 33 ski lifts.

At 11,000 feet, they are surrounded by mountain peaks at every curve.

Among its physical attributes is Pico Duarte, the Caribbean's second highest mountain peak at 10,700 feet.

Not exact matches

At its peak, Eagle Mountain housed over 4,000 people.

A couple months later, in November, when the Burnaby Mountain standoff was at its peak and protesting residents were being arrested, Kinder Morgan again lobbied the provincial government about its plans for Trans Mountain and, you guessed it, wrote a cheque to the BC Liberals.

While we still expect the Fed to start normalizing its balance sheet this year, the economic cycle seems to have peaked, and with the mountain of debt still on the back of basically all developed nations, it's hard to imagine interest rates back at the «old normal» of 4 - 5 % anytime soon.

Moussorgsky's music swells, and, at the mountain's peak, Satan» horned, leering, and with gleaming slits for eyes» unfurls his batlike wings and raises his arms (a deliberate echo of Stokowski on the podium) to summon his minions.

The rugged terrain of northwest Arabia, of which Syria and Palestine, it has sometimes been remarked, may be regarded as merely the largest and richest oasis, the numerous mountain peaks, the volcanoes apparently active at some period in ancient history, the desert with its speaking silences, the uncertainties of the weather in a land where all is dependent on the annual rainfall — all these and much more of the same sort are reflected in Israel's religion.

«At the end of the letter,» Fiess said,» (Henriquez) said goodbye with Psalm 95:4, which says, «In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.»»

-- If then the solitary man who ascends Mount Moriah, which with its peak rises heaven - high above the plain of Aulis, if he be not a somnambulist who walks securely above the abyss while he who is stationed at the foot of the mountain and is looking on trembles with fear and out of reverence and dread dare not even call to him — if this man is disordered in his mind, if he had made a mistake!

At the end of an intensive group it is well to point out that something of a letdown is natural after any mountain - peak experience.

Getting to road trip down to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado and climb all over huge sand dunes that were at the base of snowy mountain peaks with a river running between them — PINCH ME.

Grown at 2,200 feet above sea level, Wild Horse Peak Mountain vineyard varietals include quality Cabs, Syrahs and Merlots that are big and bold as the wild - west names given to their vineyard blocks, like Dry Rock Gulch, Devil's Hole and Lone Boulder Ridge.

Mountains and valleys, trees and flowers, and finally, at the very top — snowy peaks.

They were, at worst, in the 99.6 percentile in each of those years, peaking in 1930, when they scored 340 points in eight games, including 320 in six Rocky Mountain Conference contests.

Don't fret if your family is not up for hardcore mountain hikes, you can view the splendor from the comfort of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway or frolic in the foothills at Garden of the Gods, a city park with out - of - this - world red rock formations.

But the reality is this: I need a hot breakfast to be at my peak, and really to even start climbing that mountain.

The new Peak Pass features a total of six pass options valid at seven different mountain locations across four states in the Northeast.

Entering its third year, the Peak Pass features six pass options valid at seven mountains across four Northeast states, including Mount Snow in Vermont; Attitash, Wildcat and Crotched Mountains in New Hampshire; Hunter Mountain in New York; and Jack Frost and Big Boulder in Pennmountains across four Northeast states, including Mount Snow in Vermont; Attitash, Wildcat and Crotched Mountains in New Hampshire; Hunter Mountain in New York; and Jack Frost and Big Boulder in PennMountains in New Hampshire; Hunter Mountain in New York; and Jack Frost and Big Boulder in Pennsylvania.

At 11 a.m., Sen. Chuck Schumer will be at Greek Peak Mountain in Cortland to urge the FDIC to expedite loan approval to the resort to ensure its 1,000 employees can stay on the job this upcoming ski seasoAt 11 a.m., Sen. Chuck Schumer will be at Greek Peak Mountain in Cortland to urge the FDIC to expedite loan approval to the resort to ensure its 1,000 employees can stay on the job this upcoming ski seasoat Greek Peak Mountain in Cortland to urge the FDIC to expedite loan approval to the resort to ensure its 1,000 employees can stay on the job this upcoming ski season.

The 10th Mountain Division's Headquarters in the field during the division - wide Mountain Peak training exercise at Fort Drum, August, 2012.

The man, Yitang Zhang, spent most of the time pacing, occasionally glancing at the golf course that abutted the yard or gazing toward Pikes Peak and other mountains in the distance.

More than 80 % of the ice on Africa's highest peak has melted since the early 20th century, joining other glaciers that are ebbing from the world's tropical mountains at an accelerating rate.

The researchers kept the animals in chronically thin air that's similar to the oxygen levels people would experience at the peak of Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in the Alps, which soars nearly 5000 meters above sea level.

That's what Richard Reavey, vice president of public affairs of Cloud Peak Energy Inc., a major coal miner in the western United States, appears to have done on June 29, 2015, when he presented a 24 - page slideshow at an industry conference organized by the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute in Snowmass, Colo..

At 2 a.m. the activity in the sky increased, and the auroras suddenly formed a halo of sorts around the peak of the mountain.

Several weeks before Mount Tambora erupted, Raffles became the first European to ascend a nearby mountain known as Gunong Gede; by using thermometers to measure the difference in temperature between the base and the peak, Raffles and his companions determined that they had climbed at least seven thousand feet.

Although the Ben Nevis data are from a single spot, it is rare even today to have data — especially hourly data — from a mountain peak and from such a northerly location, where the climate is warming at one of the fastest rates on Earth.

Mountains are home to many living species, with biodiversity typically peaking at mid-altitudes.

Clocks, for instance, run faster on mountain peaks than they do at sea level, and more slowly at our feet than they do by our heads.

What they've found so far provides dramatic evidence of a recent and rapid temperature rise at some of the highest, coldest mountain peaks in the world.

The warming at sea level is expected to reach 3 degrees Celsius by the year 2100, and possibly double that, or 6 degrees Celsius, at the highest mountain peaks in the low latitudes.

To arrive at their findings, study lead author Matthew Salzer, a research associate in the Laboratory of Tree - Ring Research at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and his colleagues studied 678 tree ring radii of bristlecone pines, both living and dead, from a site on the White Mountains and two sites in Nevada — on Mount Washington and Pearl Peak.

Also, highland regions at the equator would get colder and northern low - lying regions would get warmer; this is the so - called «icy highlands effect,» which results in the peaks of mountains on Earth being snow - covered.

You stand at the base of a tall mountain, gazing up at your New Year's goal glittering at the peak.

We hit the mountains up right at peak tourist time — 1 pm.

At the peak of the mountain there was a lookout spot that had a pretty view of Colorado (seen in my Friday Five), but it was crazy windy up there.

From mountain peaks to urban jungles to unknown trails, The North Face jackets and coats are equipped to handle extreme weather conditions and keep you comfortable at all times.

The town is surrounded by over 700,000 acres of protected White Mountain National Forest, which includes the tallest peak in the northeast — Mt. Washington at 6,288 ft. I like to explore towns without an itinerary.

Wonder at the breathtaking moment that the winter sun rises to reach the peak of an expansive mountain.

At first, the area was known as London Mountain since the place was cloaked in fog that reminded the Brits of home... but thanks to a little local chap called the hoary marmot, the area took on the name of Whistler, since the little critters were always making their distinctive call in among the peaks.

Not quite aptly titled, but close, writer - director Ryan Schifrin's cheapo horror opus pits everyone's favorite hirsute hominoid against the denizens of a remote town nestled at the base of a mountain called Suicide Peak.

From his youth, fueled by dreams of glory and adventure, to his lonely and mysterious death as a ruler of a vast state, from the tumultuous relationship with his parents - a powerful king and a queen determined to put her child on the throne at any cost - to the rousing brotherly bonds with his closest companions and vast army, as they fought from the sun - scorched battlefields of the Persian Empire across the snow - peaked mountains of India, the film chronicles Alexander's journey to become a living legend, a man who embraced the ideal that power has a destiny.

It's so difficult that, at least prior to this documentary's footage, it had never been scaled successfully, even by several of the world's best mountain climbers who've tried repeatedly, ultimately failing once they get to the precipitous «Shark's Fin» of the mountain's central of three peaks, where climbing is slow, the harsh climate is freezing, and the places to rest nearly nonexistent.

Red Mountain, the volcanic peak at the center of the island, «appears inaccessible,» says redditor FloorBelow, «though the northern ashlands around Urshilaku are [accessible] along with Molag Amur.»

As well as looking up at the peaks of the mountains, it's also worth looking down at Austria's longest glacier, the Pasterze, which stretches along the valley floor beneath the peaks.

The snow - capped tip of Charleston Peak sits at 11,916 feet, overlooking the Spring Mountains, Clark County, and our playground for the week of All - Stars testing.

Not normally a cause for celebration, but altitude - proof electric cars — combustion ones lose power as the air thins up the 14,115 ft mountain, EVs don't — are now a key player at Pikes Peak, and in 2015 an electric vehicle won in every single class, including outright.

There's Rod, holder of the record at Pikes Peak for so many years that they started calling the place Millen's Mountain; there's Steve Millen, rally driver, road racer and performance parts maker at Stillen; there's Rhys, son of Rod, himself a rally driver, successful Pikes Peak racer and driver of who - knows - how - many stunts in all those «Fast and / or Furious» movies; and now there is Ryan, a lad so polite you almost want to hire him on the spot to do public relations work at Disneyland, maybe for a souped - up version of Autopia where the cars leave the track and drift wildly through the Magic Kingdom.