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The sun didn’t set in Boise until almost 9 p.m., and then the colors of the northern lights began to emerge and dance above the ridgelines.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2024
President Joe Biden will expand the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in Yolo County, a move that aims to safeguard nearly 134,000 acres including a ridgeline known as Molok Luyuk, which holds significance for local Native tribes.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Looking out the window takes a bit of bravery because of the steep drops, but your prize is jaw-dropping views of alpine valleys, flowing rivers, and fields of wildflowers far below the surrounding peaks and ridgelines.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
The 27-year-old from Washington was skiing a ridgeline off Mary’s Nipple from Grand Targhee Ski Resort when the cornice broke under him and sent him plummeting 100 feet into the basin below, Teton County Search and Rescue said in a Wednesday, Feb. 21 post on Facebook.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 22 Feb. 2024
Wind is stronger at the top of a ridgeline than at the bottom.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
Come summer, the reward after a six-hour hike up Roy's Peak, whose ridgeline has awesome views of nearby Mount Aspiring, is a bottle of award-winning Pinot Noir at Rippon, where vines tumble down to the shores of the lake.
—Lauren Quaintance, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Feb. 2024
Maneuvering his green pickup truck atop a ridgeline on a recent morning, Pastor Lopez, 74, stepped on the brakes as a deer sprinted across the road before disappearing into a canyon covered in dry chaparral.
—Soumya Karlamangla Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
There is one timeless treat the mountain need not innovate, but rather simply make more of: the allegedly divine doughnuts served at Cloud Dine, which sits atop the Wasatch Range ridgeline, just off the Dreamcatcher ski lift.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2023
Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2024
President Joe Biden will expand the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in Yolo County, a move that aims to safeguard nearly 134,000 acres including a ridgeline known as Molok Luyuk, which holds significance for local Native tribes.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Looking out the window takes a bit of bravery because of the steep drops, but your prize is jaw-dropping views of alpine valleys, flowing rivers, and fields of wildflowers far below the surrounding peaks and ridgelines.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
The 27-year-old from Washington was skiing a ridgeline off Mary’s Nipple from Grand Targhee Ski Resort when the cornice broke under him and sent him plummeting 100 feet into the basin below, Teton County Search and Rescue said in a Wednesday, Feb. 21 post on Facebook.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 22 Feb. 2024
Wind is stronger at the top of a ridgeline than at the bottom.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
Come summer, the reward after a six-hour hike up Roy's Peak, whose ridgeline has awesome views of nearby Mount Aspiring, is a bottle of award-winning Pinot Noir at Rippon, where vines tumble down to the shores of the lake.
—Lauren Quaintance, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Feb. 2024
Maneuvering his green pickup truck atop a ridgeline on a recent morning, Pastor Lopez, 74, stepped on the brakes as a deer sprinted across the road before disappearing into a canyon covered in dry chaparral.
—Soumya Karlamangla Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
There is one timeless treat the mountain need not innovate, but rather simply make more of: the allegedly divine doughnuts served at Cloud Dine, which sits atop the Wasatch Range ridgeline, just off the Dreamcatcher ski lift.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Ridgeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridgeline. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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