Originally Posted by Bill W
Here in NE, we've got the Green Mountains and the White Mountains. I grew up in California, in the Santa Clara Valley (nowsynonymouswith Silicon Valley) - what we called hills surround the valley, and at up to 5000 feet those 'hills' are taller than the Green Mountains and many of the peaks in the White Mountains. The White Mountains are topped off by Mt. Washington at over 6000 ft. A drive of 2-3 hours from where I grew up and went to college took me to the Sierra Nevada range, which are mostly 5000-10000 ft peaks, topped by Mt. Whitney at over 14000 ft. I'm not sure what amenities you can enjoy on top of Mt Washington at 6000 ft (besides a lot of wind), but Lake Tahoe on the CA/NV line sits at about the same height and is a city of around 35000 people, with lots of casinos on the Nevada side of the state line. The lake is surrounded by ski resorts - and lifts of some of them go up to ~10000 ft. Those are real mountains...what we have here, well, I call them big hills... [:P]
Great sufting pics, Bill! I'll have to spend a little time at the beach this coming winter.
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