Sentences with phrase «over mountain passes»

Travel between high peaks of Canadian Rockies, over mountain passes through tunnels, along rocky lakeshores and across ranchlands.

Your journey takes you through a spectacular array of scenery as you travel between the glacier and snow - capped peaks of the Canadian Rockies, over mountain passes and through remarkable tunnels, along rocky lakeshores and across the ranchlands of the interior.

Traverse some of the most scenic railway lines in the world as the Golden Eagle Danube Express weaves its way through tunnels, across viaducts and over mountain passes.

Grizzlies are drawn to the river by the smell of fish, they come over the mountain passes and swim the inlets following their noses to Glendale Cove.

Wild bears from other areas come over the mountain passes and swim the inlets following their noses to Glendale Cove.

I'm talking a town so small and isolated you would have to drive 60 miles over mountain passes just to get to a McDonalds.

Driving the Jetta up over the mountain passes is always an enjoyable experience as it is a comfortable ride and has lots of power for the steep inclines.

I've driven this car over mountain passes during snow storms while passing four - wheel drive vehicles.

And an unfinished bow is an odd thing for a lone man to carry over a mountain pass.

If you had planned to take the rutted scenic road directly over the mountain pass, but it's closed for the season, you could instead take the six - lane superhighway that goes around the mountain.

I recently spent a weekend in Wenatchee, which is a town over the mountain pass that's less than three hours east of Seattle.

I recently drove this car over a mountain pass and found it to not be as powerful as I would like, at times it struggled to maintain 60 MPH and would not accelerate very fast up the hill.

It should be perfect to keep you comfortable and warm during trips over the mountain pass but, if we're honest, the majority of these will never see the rocky, sandy or snowy conditions they were meant for.

After breakfast, we cross over a mountain pass, and descend to Lake Kayrawiri, surrounded by rugged mountain peaks and the great valley below.

It turned out to be a special trip for which we had to pay a small amount extra to the pass, as this bus took an amazing scenic route over the mountains passing the Wetterhorn.

Not exact matches

One day last December, Estuardo Porras flew above the mountains of central Guatemala in a helicopter, passing over picturesque Lake Atitlan and a steaming volcano on the way to El Faro, his coffee plantation.

After passing through the market town of Aguacatán, where women in white - and - red huipiles sell everything from garlic to geese, I headed 45 minutes up a mountain to the village of Chex, where I found a cargo truck that had careened over the side of a road.

The race has begun, and the riders have disappeared into the mountains, heading toward Emigrant Pass, altitude 7,930 feet, and the prospect of a breathtaking dawn breaking over Lake Tahoe far below.

The glacial streams descending through the depressions among the mountain slopes constituted the usual lines of travel, and the route developed was new and independent, passing among mountain peaks rising to the height of 15,000 and 18,000 feet above the sea and gradually mounting to a maximum level before the Pole was reached and thence descending very gradually for 140 miles over a vast plateau to the position which was occupied on December l5th and 16th, 1911, and determined to be the South Pole.

The eddies that pass over the East Pacific Rise are generated by westward winds that come through mountain passes in Central America.

Over 200 miles or so of taking on challenging and often foggy mountain passes, lollygagging through postcard picture mountain towns, blasting through tunnels, and rolling deep across rain - slicked motorways in Austria and a tiny slice of northern Italy, we felt totally in control of the Continental GT at all times.

The pint - sized 2015 Jeep Renegade is critical to Fiat Chrysler's plan to expand Jeep's presence in Europe, so that's where we put it to its first test: a two - day run over 12 mountain passes.

I was getting a bit excited going over the mountain, but I didn't get passed by anybody, which was good.

The airport was closed indefinitely, forcing us to rise at 4:30 a.m. to catch a shuttle van over a 12,000 - foot mountain pass in a snowstorm in order to make the only available flight out of Denver that day.

We drove confidently over a couple of low mountain passes with little fear of trouble, although it probably helped that the falling snow obscured the views and shielded us from recognizing the true force of the winter outside our vehicle.

My little car made it slowly up the mountain with just all weather tires and passed many others pulled over.

Rounding a sweeping bend on one of my favorite mountain passes at well over the posted limit, the CLS 63 AMG just gripped and gripped; the active bolstering on the optional Premium Package seats gently holding me in place as if the car were saying, «It's cool; I've got you.

Last fall I took it 200 miles into the mountains and went over a 12,000 ft pass twice in the same day.

I was able to drive the sDrive35i over a short mountain pass and the handling was very good.

First, we'll start the journey on the Cusco / Quillabamba asphalted road, going over the Málaga Mountain Pass (4,350 m.a.s.l.), linking with the village of Santa Teresa, the other access way to Machu Picchu, for its proximity and because it offers adventure tourism alternatives, such as canopy, cyclotourism, rafting and Cocalmayo's Thermo - medicinal Baths.

Cross the High Atlas Mountains over the Tichka Pass, stopping to board 4x4's for the trip to the Kasbah of Telouet.

Take your first - class seat on the world - famous Glacier Express and set off on a breathtaking journey across three high - mountain passes, over 291 bridges, and through 91 tunnels.

While all other creatures stick to mountain passes and paths offering minimal resistance, wolverines simply go up and over.

Whilst snow easily covers certain mountain peaks throughout South Africa during the cold months — the Drakensberg Mountains in KZN, the Matroosberg, the Swartberg Pass and other similar mountain passes in the Western Cape, Sani Pass and the Drakensberg in KZN, or the Maluti Mountains over the border in the kingdom of Lesotho — you will seldom find it on the ground.

Carved into the mountains over 2000 years ago and passed down from generation to generation, the rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are a marvel of sacred traditions, social balance and beauty.

The Sani Pass is a winding dirt road that takes drivers up and over the Southern Drakensburg Mountains into the very small country of Lesotho (pronounced Le - soo - too).

Mexico's Copper Canyon Caravan's fully escorted Mexico train tours let you travel round trip (during the day) by private rail car through the Sierra Madre Mountains, passing through 86 tunnels and over 38 bridges.

The 4 - days hike takes you around one of the highest mountains of Peru, over high mountain passes up to 4600m and through tropical cloud forest.

The path winds its way up and down and around the mountains upon ancient carved stone steps, snaking over three high Andean passes.

A new itinerary from the mountain biking pros at Sacred Rides takes on the Alpine topography along the Swiss - Italian border, with incredible village - to - village rides over high - elevation passes.

We'll hike over stunning mountain passes from lodge to lodge, and on to Machu Picchu via a short version of the Inca Trail.

We start our trip in the heart of the Inca empire where we explore fortresses and surrounding valleys, hike over stunning mountain passes to Machu Picchu, cycle into the Sacred Valley of the Incas and view Amazon wildlife up close.

Starting at sea level, participants pass through some of the most spectacular scenery on Vancouver Island with views of mountain peaks and the Johnstone Strait as they negotiate their way over the well - developed trail.

It begins at Chur and meanders past glaciers, an Alpine garden and rushing mountain streams, then passes through the 5,955 foot (1,815 m) long Albula Tunnel and climbs over the Bernina Pass to more than 7,000 feet (2,134 m) before crossing the Italian border to arrive in Tirano.

The rail journeys pass through towering mountains and dense boreal forests, over creeks and above deep canyons, and you might spot beaver lodges and bears on the banks of the rivers.

We travel by mountain railway, over the dramatic Brüning Pass and alongside the emerald green waters of Lake Lucerne.

Then once in Austria, you'll travel over the incredible Brenner Pass, providing a magnificent mountain panorama.

You'll cross the rivers and creeks, pass through monumental farms and rumbling across bridges over dividing gorges, climbing through the mountains and gliding effortlessly through dense woodland.

The circle route over the breathtaking Swartberg Mountain Pass, to the town of Prins Albert, and back through the beautiful Meiringspoort valley is a definite must - do!

From Fort William, we pass under the shadow of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain and on to Oban, known as the «Gateway to the Isles» because of its spectacular views over to Mull.