Sentences with phrase «valley floor»

If that doesn't deter you enough, the view of valley floor from the edge of the jump platform is sure to make your head spin.

May 14, 2018 • A deep, wide gash has slashed across the Great Rift Valley floor in a geologically hot part of Kenya.

The traffic thins, and the warm summer sun energizes valley floors into glowing greens.

The best Calistoga wineries and vineyards lie on either the steep canyon that surrounds the town, or the tranquil valley floor below.

Visitors can enjoy panoramic views stretching from valley floor to the mesa top as they tour the Grand Mesa Scenic Byway (highway 65), which winds past picture postcard scenes.

Hikes are moderately strenuous and take guests from the Sonoma Valley floor up 1,400 feet into the Mayacamas Mountain range.

Guests board the vintage 1912 cable car on the outskirts of Merano for a nearly vertical seven - minute ascent away from the vineyard - covered valley floor to Vigiljoch.

Towards the Afar region, however, the entire rift valley floor is covered with volcanic rocks.

A hike along the Sonoma Valley floor — winding through oak woodlands, native grasslands and chaparral — trumps the dog park any day.

Or if you'd like to head up rather than down, the Australian School of Mountaineering offer guided climbs up from the Jamison Valley floor, on their Sweet Dreams climb.

The park's most popular fee - based tour is the year - round Valley Floor Tour, a two - hour, 26 - mile trip through Yosemite Valley, offering easy viewing of famous sights like Yosemite Falls, Half Dome, El Capitan, and Bridalveil Falls.

The park's most popular fee - based tour is the year - round Valley Floor Tour, a two - hour, 26 - mile / 42 km trip through Yosemite Valley, offering easy viewing of famous sights like Yosemite Falls, Half Dome, El Capitan, and Bridalveil Falls.

Finally, you will visit Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, where you can enjoy a guided tour of the rim, or explore the beautiful valley floor before returning to Alice Springs.

Later you will visit Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, where you can enjoy a guided tour of the canyon rim, or explore the beautiful valley floor.

The whole valley floor, and the foothills too, would be carpeted with lupins and poppies.»

Setback for Opponents of Walt Ranch Vineyard Development A Napa County Superior Court on Tuesday tentatively ruled against the opponents of a vineyard slated to be developed above the Napa Valley floor...

Rich volcanic bedrock and sediment provide a geologic uniformity, while the AVA's diverse topography ranges from steep mountains to valley floor making Calistoga entirely unique to other Napa Valley AVAs.

These vineyards include both mountain and valley floor sites, for a total of 223 planted acres.

Adding to this depth and complexity is the soil, valley floor clay and gravel to mountain side volcanic tuft — centuries old and like no other.

Medford shared the Rogue Valley floor with Ashland but sat broad and flat and stifling, 13 miles out in the exposed sun.

Resting 25 m above the Blue Mountain valley floor, walking across the 126 m suspension bridge on a clear day can give you a view of up to 10,000 square kilometres.

Their research showed that 98 percent of Bryant's woodrats occupied a boulder - strewn hillside made up of coastal / Sierra vegetation, while 93 percent of the desert woodrats occupied the adjacent valley floor consisting of Mojave desert scrub and a sandy substrate.

Farther north, buttes and mesas resembling the American Southwest flank a flat valley floor.

The researchers» reconstruction of the former valley floor showed that the slope of the river once increased gradually from the Gangetic Plain to the Tibetan Plateau, with no sudden changes, or knickpoints.

«The important thing about this study is that it demonstrates you can't grow great quantities of corn in the Chaco valley floor,» said Benson, an adjunct curator of anthropology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.

Seconds away from the Zion National Park Visitor Center, South Campground resides in the green valley floor of Zion Canyon.

Taft Point's view is completely different: a head - on look at El Capitan and a stomach - churning view of the Yosemite Valley floor, 3,500 feet / 1, 067 meters below.

You can join a guided walk around the rim of Kings Canyon, or stroll along the boulder strewn valley floor before moving on to explore the magnificent Uluru / Ayers Rock.

Here we cross the spectacular Ribblehead Viaduct, a true testament to Victorian engineering that carries us 104ft above the sweeping valley floor.

The trail starts on the Tualatin Valley floor in Banks and climbs the foothills of the coast range to Vernonia.

Near Urubamba (about 50kms from Cusco in Peru), you drive up and up from the Sacred Valley floor to reach Moray: a collection of Inca ruins at about 3,500 metres above sea level.

The place Nelspruit (Nels stream or Mombela) attracted traders and farmers in high profile because of the natural richness of the soil, adequate water for irrigation and a level valley floor.

Hike through cloud forests, small villages and grasslands, from a flattish valley floor to almost bare mountain peaks to your last destination, Machu Picchu.

Switching from «Trek to Train», we then take a wonderful journey along the lush valley floor to the vibrant Sacred Valley town of Ollantaytambo, and its eclectic mix of ancient architecture, Artesan crafts and bustling restaurants and cafes.

In the upper, the stupendous ruins of Pisac dominate the broad alluvial valley floor: less than an hour by bus from Cusco, this is a site... + More information +

This will allow for strong evaporational cooling as the atmospheric column moistens at the onset of precipitation, likely bringing snow or a rain / snow mix all the way down to the Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin valley floors (under 500 feet).

Almost two - thirds of the Hunter Valley floor has been given away in coal concessions, producing 145 million tons of coal every year.

The deep prolific soils are incredibly diverse from valley floor, to benchland up to high mountain elevation.

The Scenic Railway descends 310 metres through a cliff - side tunnel, emerging into the lush rainforest on the Jamison Valley floor.

Upon reaching the valley floor, follow the Nærøy River back towards Gudvangen, then through the tunnels to Flåm.

Workers progressed across the 29 - mile Rift through volcanic rock and over steam vents on the valley floor, and then descended from a summit of over 8,000 feet to Lake Victoria in the valley below — a feat requiring 11,845 running feet of viaducts, some up to 881 feet long and more than 110 feet above the earth.

A mist from the morning — wavering, mysterious — still clings to the valley floor.

The valley floor below recedes in the distance.

While Prosecco DOC is grown on the valley floor of the region, Prosecco DOCG is grown on its rolling hills, forcing it to be hand - harvested.

Although grape growing on anything but the valley floor was deemed difficult and unprofitable, Rod felt that the potential for top quality Cabernet Sauvignon was there, and planted 15 acres of Cabernet.

Modeled after a Greek monastery, Sterling Vineyards was the first winery ever built with the visitor in mind and the only winery in the world with an aerial tram (the winery sits 300 feet above the valley floor where visitors take the tram to access the top quality Bordeaux varietals and majestic 360 degree views of Napa Valley).

We are proud to share these itineraries from large to small, from valley floor to mountains — Experience Alexander Valley.

When it's hot and sunny on the valley floor, the hills can be awash in fog and wind, often 15 degrees cooler.

A delicious, creamy blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from our valley floor estates in Napa, this sparkler is perfect for dinner parties and all your special occasions.

Alexander Valley Appellation, in northeastern Sonoma County, is a majestic compelling valley where you drive through vineyards grown on the valley floor up into the breathtaking Mayacama Mountains above you.