appalachia

the place i grew up in

>>2846763
based

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>>2846752
You can't tell which is Appalachia and which is Carpathians

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>>2846750
Forested mountains are prettier than rocky spike mountains. The White Mountains are perfect. Feel like my folk's natural habitat.
I admire the glacier lakes though.

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>>2846805
Mountains have vegetation zones. If they only have 1 or 2 lowermost vegetation zones, they're mountainlets.

>>2846805
>highways are prettier than no highways

>>2846816
I don't fetishize height, bare rock and sparse veg are plain ugly. The ideal mountain is covered in trees except for the very top from which you can obtain killer views.
There's something to be said for challenging yourself with climbing intense peaks in the Alps or Himalayas, but speaking purely aesthetically they're shit.

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>>2846878
I don't agree. This year I hiked a forested mountain and views were ok but nothing special except for some higher mountains 20 miles away. The next day I hiked one on said higher mountains and views were way better. My brother was hiking with me and he said the same. And every photo is an undeniable proof.