California's mini Alps
Rediscovered California's mini Alps, before the full snow melt up at Sierra Nevada camping along Highway 395 at the state's back roads -- which with California's budget surplus are now improved and we...
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profdant139 wrote:
Mini? Do you mean the Sierras? I've never been to the Alps, but lots of folks from Europe (who I run into in the Sierras!) have told me that the Sierras are pretty much as world-class as the Alps.
They are different -- the Alps and the Rockies are made of sedimentary and metamorphic rock, which is softer (and hence easier to carve into sharp shapes). The Sierras are a little rounder, because they are made of granite (which is harder for the glaciers to carve).
Admittedly, Mont Blanc is higher than Mt. Whitney, but the Sierras are pretty major hills.
When I hear Alps of the US I always think Ouray or Maroon Bells, used to spend a lot of time in the California Granite rocks till it just got to be unpleasant to drive in the State..
Needless to say all the Images you are so Kind to Share, of all those different rocks, are just Beautiful.
Thanks Again,
