Sentences with phrase «up mountain slopes»

In general, he found that climates move toward the poles and up mountain slopes.

changing landscapes Rising temperatures and changing patterns of rain and snow are forcing trees and plants around the world to move toward polar regions and up mountain slopes.

Miles of trails wind through old - growth forests and up mountain slopes for rewarding views of the entire island.

The science behind the skis has triggered nothing short of a revolution in the sport, allowing almost anyone to carve up a mountain slope.

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It started on a New Year's Day, with pomp, parades, bowl queens and quarterbacks in a traditional spectacle, and it ended hardly hours ago to the shush of skis across a hundred mountain slopes, the tranquillity of a year - end sunset seen from a thousand duck blinds and the last ice fisherman packing up his gear onthe frozen surface of Lake Minnetonka.

This picture, from the French Communist newspaper l'Humanité, shows a Red Chinese mountain - climbing expedition making its way up the lower slopes of the northern, or Chinese, side of Mount Everest.

Weibrecht, whose all - out style reminds everyone in the sport of a young Miller («You watch Bode, and you see what you can accomplish by pushing the limits,» says Weibrecht), grew up in Lake Placid, N.Y., and learned to race on the tough, icy slopes of Whiteface Mountain, host of the Alpine events at the 1980 Olympics and home to hundreds of other races at all levels through the years.

To work in a mountain rainforest means climbing up steep slopes and it means frequent rains — sometimes for hours, sometimes for days.

Scientists have found vivid evidence of climate change in Southern California's Santa Rosa Mountains, where the dominant plant species are creeping up the slopes as the weather gets warmer.

Curiosity has travelled more than 9.4 km so far and during its trip up the mountain, Curiosity has begun taking samples of the mountain's lower slopes.

Benson suggests that much of the corn consumed by the ancient people of Chaco may have come from the Chuska Slope, the eastern flank of the Chuska Mountains some 50 miles west of Chaco Canyon that also was the source of some 200,000 timbers used to shore up Chaco Canyon masonry structures.

When researchers scaled up and down steep mountain slopes to install video cameras in the trees in which these flowers grow, they caught the plants offering a sugar - packed reward to visiting birds: the bellows organ, a bulbous, brightly colored appendage high in sugar and citric acid, which is attached to the plant's male reproductive organ, or stamen.

In the slopes of the Gwanak Mountain that surround Seoul National University Campus, the researchers observed that bumblebees were detected in up to 21 percent of freshly built nests of tits and were not detected in nestboxes without any bird nests.

Fat - biking and Snow - shoeing in the Bighorn Mountains — We had a trusty guide John Kirlin — the Director of Antelope Butte Foundation, a non-profit organization that's set to reopen the Antelope Butte ski slope and lodge in the Bighorn Mountains that's set to open next Winter — who took us up the mountain and let us loose in the snow, patiently teaching us fat - biking and snow - shoeing along the way.

In pure action adventure terms, Spectre delivers the goods, with plenty of revved - up supercar porn and several kinetic high - speed chase sequences on road, river and snowy mountain slope.

Frozen Rated R for some disturbing images and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray This little horror indie takes place on the slopes as three friends sneak their way onto a chairlift before the park closes only to find the park shut down half - way up the mountain.

An endless line of devastated people trail up the dizzying slopes towards the Lonely Mountain, where they hope to receive compensation for all they have lost.

On a private off - road facility within the Santa Monica Mountains, we put the trail - rated Renegade to the test, and it clawed its way up hills, over rocks and down steep slopes with surprising tenacity.

The Green Mountains have just recently turned green again after a freakish late - spring dump of wet, sloppy snow, and you can just barely see Puppy in the early dark, doing his morning laps up and down the side of our slope in his pointless, happy Puppy way.

So if you need to take a day off the slopes, skate directly on the famous Lake Louise with a backdrop of glaciers, or, in Banff, hit up Vermillion Lakes for epic views of Rundle Mountain or Lake Minnewanka for the longest track of ice around.

They liked the perfect stretch of white sand beach, the gentle waves, the ideal weather, and the broad swath of green that swept up the slopes of the rainbow - laced Kahalawai, the West Maui Mountains.

The steep slopes of the mountain were no easier to negotiate on the way down than they were on the way up, but the early morning light revealed just how this volcano truly towers over the surrounding landscape.

The path follows the bank of the River Conwy, before heading back south and climbing up onto the heather - clad slopes of Conwy Mountain.

A few minutes later I looked out the window and I could see the gently sloping hillsides suddenly angling upwards, jutting towards the sky and revealing the precipitously angled edges and snow - capped peaks that make up this incredible mountain range; one of the most amazing sights I'd ever seen, and I grew up in Colorado.

With a nature reserve and vlei sanctuary running in the middle of the greenbelt towards the sea, this area has been beautifully preserved, allowing the construction of houses on the sloping hills that wind up through to dramatic mountain landscapes.

This double storey house is located high up on the slopes of the Helderberg mountain range with great views ove... Flexible Cancellation!

Whilst I absolutely love skiing and snowboarding up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, as a traveller it always seems almost criminal to visit this beautiful part of Spain and not explore beyond the snow - covered slopes of Europe's third highest mountain range.

It is also an idyllic spot for a gentle stroll along the waterfront, passing small villages and farmhouses that are dotted along the lakeshore, with the lush wooded slopes of the surrounding mountains rising up behind them.

Hotel Sassongher is a tranquil oasis up in the mountains, featuring 52 guestrooms and suites, on - site dining, and accessibility to the nearby ski slopes in Corvara, Italy.

As we rounded the cove, the pounding rain suddenly began to let up and the clouds thinned, revealing sloping, jade - colored mountains surrounding us.

Alta Bay is a guest house located in Higgovale, the most up - market suburb of the City Bowl, is set high on the slopes of Table Mountain, with beautiful views over Table Bay and the city.

As a snowboarder, the prospect of hitting the mountain slopes, floating over fresh powder and wrapping up the night in a hot tub with snowflakes falling from above.

Lemon Tree Cottage is located in a unique setting, in a private estate, high up on the Constantia mountain slopes close to Groote Constantia wine farm.

The location of Villa Windu Sari offers easy access up to the mountains and rice terraces on the western slopes; it is less than an hour from the famous cultural and artistic town of Ubud, and just five minutes» from the start of the Sunset Route, gateway to the eastern side of the island.

Villa Andacasa is set high up on the mountain slopes overlooking Llandudno beach and the Atlantic waves, and offers comfortable self - catering accommodation in a 5 - bedroom villa.

Set in Oranjezicht on the upper slopes of Table Mountain, Redbourne Hilldrop boasts stunning views of Cape Town and the harbour, as well as the mountain, which is dramatically lit up aMountain, Redbourne Hilldrop boasts stunning views of Cape Town and the harbour, as well as the mountain, which is dramatically lit up amountain, which is dramatically lit up at night.

In the summer, mountain bike tours and rentals are available in the lobby, while our ski rental and tune - up service keeps you ready for the slopes in the winter.

The location of Villa Anaya Offers easy access up to the mountains and rice terraces on the western slopes; it is 80 minutes from the famous cultural and artistic town of Bud, and just five minutes» from the start of the Sunset Route, gateway to the Eastern side of the Island.

The location of Villa Anaya offers easy access up to the mountains and rice terraces on the western slopes; it is 80 minutes from the famous cultural and artistic town of Bud, and just five minutes» from the start of the Sunset Route, gateway to the eastern side of the island.

Hilltop Guesthouse is situated up on the slopes of the Tygerberg overlooking the magnificent Cape with panoramic views of the Hottentots Holland Mountains.

The sofa corner is perfect for curling up with your tablet right on the slopes of the surrounding mountains.

A close up encounter with some of the world's last remaining mountain gorillas amid the dense jungles on the slopes of the Virunga volcanoes in far Northwestern Rwanda is, however, the main drawcard for visitors to the Land of a Thousand Hills.

You will be surrounded by the views of the magnificent West Maui Mountains, as well as the expansive grounds made up of gently sloping greens.

You can find around 2 200 plant species growing on Table Mountain, 70 per cent of which are endemic to the slopes» unique ecosystem (they're best seen during a hike up Table Mountain).

If you live in a rural area in the developing world, in a home where water doesn't flow through pipes and out of a faucet, you likely spend hours every day gathering water from the nearest source (clean, if possible), which can be miles away or in the case of Tilwari, a village in northern India, down a steep slope — think the last stretch of your last hike up a mountain — off the main road.

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.

D) Past adaptation to climate change by species was mainly through shifting their geographic range to higher or lower latitudes (depending on whether the climate was warming or cooling), or up and down mountain slopes.

A rugged hour's drive up from La Paz, with a simple mountain lodge beside it, Chacaltaya was once the world's highest ski slope.

For hours on end, they gaze out on endless waves of withered, yellow - green creosote brush lapping up against sere mountain slopes, broken up here and there by low - lying dry lakebeds called playas.

The steady growth of LPO has Gabe Acevedo fed up, and his guest post at Above The Law sounds a grim warning: «the practice of discovery in American law is not just on a slippery slope, it's careening down a steep mountain covered in ten feet of solid ice.