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English: Mountaineers descending into Chola Valley, 5,200 metres (17,100 ft) a. s. l., in good weather conditions, with a panoramic view over snow-capped Himalayan peaks to the south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, Himalayas. Today is International Mountain Day.
The gondola on Apharwat Peak, one of the Asia's largest and highest cable car ringed by pine forests and snow capped Himalayan mountain peaks, takes skiers and snowboarders to the height of 3900 metres to 4100 metres on the mountain. [3] Nearest Airport is Sheikh Ul Alam International airport Srinagar.
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (/ ˌ h ɪ m ə ˈ l eɪ. ə, h ɪ ˈ m ɑː l ə j ə / HIM-ə-LAY-ə, hih-MAH-lə-yə) [b] is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has several peaks exceeding an elevation of 8,000 m (26,000 ft) including Mount Everest, the highest mountain on ...
Rock/snow/ice climb Ama Dablam is a mountain in the eastern Himalayan range of Koshi Province , Nepal. The main peak is 6,812 metres (22,349 ft), the lower western peak is 6,170 metres (20,243 ft).
A top Slovak mountaineer died on a descent of the 7,234-meter Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal after an historic ascent up its east face, Slovakia's climbers association said on Sunday.
Gangkar Puensum, the highest peak in Bhutan as seen from the Dochula Pass. The pass is located at an elevation of 3,100 metres (10,200 ft) (3,140 metres (10,300 ft) [4] and 3,150 metres (10,330 ft) [5] are also mentioned) on the East West Road from Thimphu to Punakha and further east in the Himalayas amidst the Eastern Himalayan snow-covered mountains. [6]
NASA satellite photos show the difference between snowpack in the Sierra Nevada now and during the past three years of drought. ... The satellite images below show the Sierra Nevada mountain range ...
Fort Collins was on accident alert during the heaviest snow Saturday evening and night. The city reported 3.5 inches of snow officially at its weather station on the main CSU campus. Average for ...