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Jun 11, 2021
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Carnac
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You don't like palm trees at the peak either?
Just kidding about the palm trees. But humid summits suck.
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Most Utah mountains aren't that much taller than much of the Appalachians.
BYUMizzou
6/11/21 3:02pm
RE: Most Utah mountains aren't that much taller than much of the Appalachians.
Zedhead
6/11/21 3:04pm
I charge $2
BYUMizzou
6/11/21 3:04pm
Also, this should be common knowledge to anyone who read Centennial by Michner
BYUMizzou
6/11/21 3:09pm
Also, if you're a cross-country cyclist.
squidmark
6/11/21 3:13pm
What was that? I couldn't hear you standing on your little hill while I am up
RH84025
6/11/21 3:08pm
Rocky Mountains are much more steep than the Appalachians. You talk about prominence but not
CSoul
6/11/21 3:11pm
Go deer hunting at the top of the Wellsvilles and you will feel it.
CSoul
6/11/21 3:13pm
Valid point. The eastern mountains are older and more weathered
BYUMizzou
6/11/21 3:13pm
They think the Appalachians are 4 times older than the Rocky Mountains.
CSoul
6/11/21 3:13pm
They think?
Hotlanta
6/11/21 3:15pm
"Geologists believe." That better? Being pedantic on message boards is fun!
CSoul
6/11/21 3:17pm
You know you can just state it as fact, right?
Hotlanta
6/11/21 3:17pm
Well, sure, but if he said "you are pedantic", that would be a personal attack.
jdub
6/11/21 3:20pm
Touche, lol
Hotlanta
6/11/21 3:22pm
Well my mountain can beat up your mountain.
Superman21
6/11/21 3:22pm
Is there any photo like this in the Appalachians?
777
6/11/21 3:14pm
No, because the eastern mountains are not in a desert and are lower elevations
BYUMizzou
6/11/21 3:21pm
Why does the skiing suck back East (generally speaking)?
Carnac
6/11/21 3:24pm
So their smaller mountains?
Superman21
6/11/21 3:24pm
I used to drive a shuttle from the airport and anyone that had never been to SLC
777
6/11/21 3:26pm
What does vegetation have to do with your argument of size?
stoils
6/11/21 3:49pm
RE: What does vegetation have to do with your argument of size?
Breaded Hamster
6/11/21 3:59pm
Cutting back the vegetation can give the illusion of more prominence
Mike Honcho
6/11/21 6:22pm
OTOH, much of the lack of vegetation has to do with height
CougarVeteran
6/11/21 11:17pm
Fair point but 1) I don’t want humidity 2) I want skiing 3) app state > Michigan
runitup590
6/11/21 3:15pm
There are not as much but still ski slopes in the Appalachains.
FieroCoug
6/11/21 3:53pm
The height of nearby mountains often meddles with other large mountains having higher prominence. For example,
Probable Sacko
6/11/21 3:15pm
High elevation is part of the draw to me when I think of mountains. I like
SUAVO
6/11/21 3:16pm
You don't like palm trees at the peak either?
Carnac
6/11/21 3:27pm
Only in my drink
SUAVO
6/11/21 8:18pm
Find me a mountain as dramatic as Timp in all of Appalachia. I'll wait
Hotlanta
6/11/21 3:17pm
Dramatic? That's a new metric for mountains I've never heard of...
whirl
6/11/21 3:21pm
Piton des nieges. It sits at the center of reunion island. 0 ft to over 10,000ft
MrClark
6/12/21 12:00pm
Not in Appalachia...
Hotlanta
6/12/21 12:22pm
Okay Boomer
I'mYourHuckleberry
6/11/21 3:23pm
Spent some summer p-days hiking in the Presidential Range of northern NH. Some great mountains to climb.
SierraCoug
6/11/21 3:25pm
I am not sure how prominence is measured but I basically live at the base of
Charles Darwin
6/11/21 3:27pm
It is because Timp is surrounded by other very tall mountains.
Carnac
6/11/21 3:28pm
If you really want to talk about prominence of US ranges, California probably has the biggest ones
SingleStrapBackpack
6/11/21 3:32pm
The Cougarboarder Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain
zonacougar
6/11/21 3:48pm
Your definition of prominence is not correct. It has nothing to do with base to
chrisrenrut
6/11/21 3:55pm
I didn't realize that. I learned something new on CB today. Thanks Mizzou!
Hoosier77
6/11/21 3:55pm
Yeah, to the near meat 10 miles both round to zero
TomPetty
6/11/21 3:56pm
I went to the great Smokey's last month. Utahs mountains are significantly
LiveCoug
6/11/21 4:37pm
That said, the Smokey's are beautiful for sure
LiveCoug
6/11/21 4:40pm
Utah is very much a desert. Other parts of the country are more green for sure.
TomPetty
6/11/21 4:43pm
No clue what that has to do with my post, but obviously the east is more green
LiveCoug
6/11/21 4:59pm
I think the impressive part of the smokeys is the extent of forest
TomPetty
6/11/21 5:03pm
Yes, but the amount of vegetation also makes them more hill like.
LiveCoug
6/11/21 5:04pm
Canadian Rockies are even more impressive. Majestic like Utah w/ lots more green
WDaddy
6/11/21 8:52pm
Even the Tetons are like that
SingleStrapBackpack
6/11/21 10:48pm
You Utah guys need to spend some time in Colorado. Let's talk fourteeners!
Hoosier77
6/11/21 4:41pm
Appalachians. Mounds of dirt covered with gross deciduous trees
Backcountry
6/11/21 4:50pm
Board name ain't "Backeastcountry"
TomPetty
6/11/21 4:54pm
RE: Board name ain't "Backeastcountry"
Backcountry
6/11/21 4:55pm
Yahtzee!
BYUMizzou
6/11/21 10:39pm
Utah has 12 Mts. with 4500+' of "Prominence", the Eastern U.S. has only 4
slatecoug
6/11/21 11:25pm
What you miss is that one of those two is in NH, the other in NC
CougarVeteran
6/11/21 11:08pm
Utah has 12 Mts. with 4500+' of "Prominence", the Eastern U.S. has only 4
slatecoug
6/11/21 11:23pm
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