Sentences with phrase «side of a mountain»

No, resting on the shady side of the mountain at approximately 5000 feet above the sea level, heat and humidity are usually held in check.

The access road up the west side of the mountain was removed, and replaced with a winding trail up the east side.

The north side of the mountain tends to draw fewer crowds, and is also less icy according to locals.

Interestingly we come at the analysis from different sides of the mountain, and we have similar conclusions when we get to the top of the mountain and survey the landscape.

The stunning views from the top make the climb worthwhile — take in the sheer sides of the mountains and the surrounding lakes.

Remember the grass is greener on the other side of the mountain because someone like my late husband has taken great care to water and cultivate it.

I continued my trek, crossing to the other side of the mountain until a man's voice called from above.

It's pristine, very beautiful, remote and offers superb panoramic views on various sides of the mountain.

Some day, you'll get to the other side of the mountain.

Great skiing can be found on the north side of the mountain in the «cold high» and on the longer south facing runs with almost 3000 vertical feet on Hot Tub Chutes.

It's on the far side of the mountain range, more than 10 hours away, but it will allow them to make the most of what's left of a two - week research window.

Air forced up the slopes of mountain barriers is often sufficiently moist to produce considerable precipitation on windward sides of mountains, whereas subsiding air on the lee slopes produces more - arid conditions.

Machu Picchu ~ Submitted by Anon From Aguas Calientes we got on a bus and zigzagged up the steep side of a mountain spur that stuck like a jagged knife into the...

On the north island our ski instructor training base is in Mt Ruapehu, right in the centre of the island and home to two of New Zealand's biggest resorts — Turoa and Whakapapa — which lie on opposite sides of the mountain and will be accessible to you throughout your course.

These are on different sides of the mountain so you take in a complete view of the Valley from one side, then a complete view of Lake Macquarie and up to Stockton Beach from the other side.

Rain Shadows are desert regions created on the leeward side of the mountain Which side is the leeward side, the right or the left?

Blacks still sing, «There Is a Bright Side Somewhere» and «Climbing Up the Rough Side of the Mountain,» and all understand and identify with these words of suffering and hope, jubilation and reflection.

But any given droplet lives for only an hour before the current sweeps it down the far side of the mountains, causing it to rewarm, evaporate, and vanish.

The western side of the mountain offers stunning views of the town, port, ocean, and several outlying islands.

~ Submitted by Anon From Aguas Calientes we got on a bus and zigzagged up the steep side of a mountain spur that stuck like a jagged knife into the river.

Directly across town from the ruins is a steep mountainside with the Incan grain storage area called Depositos de Pinkuylluna (faces west, on east side of mountain).

On a recon trip around Everest, Hillary scrambled around the Tibetan side of the mountain without fear because he did not believe Chinese soldiers went above 16,000 feet or so.

The dune campaign on the Red Planet aims to know how winds on the Red Planet shape dunes that are on the same side of a mountain and are relatively close together into varying patterns.

I just took mine, so I'm on the happy side of the mountain, of the «cortisol switch.»

Marc Jacobs Spring ’14 Eyewear is hard at work on the sunny side of the mountain.

The cascade of water plummets from several sides of the mountain ridge, creating a massive vortex called «Garganta del Diablo» — the «Devil's Throat».

It's a big car that's readier than most to accommodate a driver running late for an appointment on the other side of a mountain pass.

In Huangshan (Yellow Mountain, Anhui province), paths are built into vertical sides of the mountain and are incredibly narrow, the steps are uneven and uncomfortably steep, the railings are too short and the drops are often sheer and lethal.

The park straddles the mountain, from the winding Ou Kaapse Weg (Old Cape Road) on the Tokai, Constantia and Westlake side of the mountain, over the peak of the mountain, and into Noordhoek, Sun Valley and Fishhoek, overlooking the ocean.

The green side of the mountains, the azure skies and the cobalt waters of the South China Sea complimented each other.

After a short distance, the trail then enters the forest and continues up the north side of the mountain through varying types of forest, mostly with an undergrowth of ferns and salal.

Interestingly, the entire low - lying area often referred to as Hout Bay was where early Dutch settlers depended on to get their lumber (using slaves of course), since little rainfall fell on the other side of the mountains where they had settled.

• «There's a poisonous snake on the southern side of the mountain.

We rode a cable car 3,800 feet up into the mist and snow that hid the wall of the Pennine Alps, emerging at the ski resort of Riederalp, which was perched on a shelf on the Rhone side of the mountain range.

6 21.2 Climate Zones While You Read Polar Dry Sub climates Tundra, icecap a) Sub climates Desert, semiarid b) Location At poles Leeward side of mountains, horse latitudes c) Features Little precipitation, minimal or no vegetation High temps.

Truckload after truckload removed sides of mountain that dynamite had loosened.

Look to the eastern side of the mountains and make your way to Mother's Rise.

All of the above attractions are found on the quiet rural west side of Mountain Home's ridgeline in «West Marin».

This explains why precipitation is higher on the windward side of mountains, known as orographic lifting.

Had I known I'd be sleeping at icy campsites, and pushing my body's ability to cope with altitudes over 15,400 feet, I might have had second thoughts about the three - day trek from Urubamba (in the Sacred Valley of Peru) to Lares hot springs, 20 km away on the other side of a mountain range that we had to climb over.

The expedition, led by organizer Norman Dyhrenfurth and climbing leader Willi Unsoeld, was one of the most stunning accomplishments in the history of climbing, not just for the meeting near the summit of two successful teams from opposite sides of the mountain, but for the teamwork that made the whole team much greater than the sum of the participants.

People of color are not pre-dispositioned to only live on the rough side of the mountain.