#Mountainmonday im Jahre 2023 am #Wendelstein, #Bayern.
I hiked a large sand dune for the first time yesterday. What a unique experience! Quite a slog, hiking straight up the side to reach the ridge. A surprise with the challenge of walking the ridge— didn’t expect it to be so sharp. The drop-off on each side looked steeper/scarier than it actually was. A fun time! Bruneau Sand Dunes (Idaho)— 470 feet (143m) base-to-peak elevation change. #MountainMonday #hiking #nature
#PhotoMonday #photography #NaturePhotography #landscape #LandscapePhotography
#Mountainmonday im Jahre 2023 am #Wendelstein, #Bayern.
I hiked a large sand dune for the first time yesterday. What a unique experience! Quite a slog, hiking straight up the side to reach the ridge. A surprise with the challenge of walking the ridge— didn’t expect it to be so sharp. The drop-off on each side looked steeper/scarier than it actually was. A fun time! Bruneau Sand Dunes (Idaho)— 470 feet (143m) base-to-peak elevation change. #MountainMonday #hiking #nature
#PhotoMonday #photography #NaturePhotography #landscape #LandscapePhotography
Right, so since it's #DefaidodonDay, here are some more #sheep we encountered on our way up #YrWyddfa/#Snowdon. Not the best sheep photography, but hopefully, the stunning scenery makes up for it? ☁️🐑☁️
#DyddDefaidodon #Defaidodon #Ewesday #Schafe #animals #Tiere #SheepOfMastodon #sheepodon #Schaf #sheeptodon #livestock #MähMittwoch #Wolken #mist #misty #fog #foggy #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #Snowdonia #Eryri #NorthWales #Wales #Cymru
Right, so since it's #DefaidodonDay, here are some more #sheep we encountered on our way up #YrWyddfa/#Snowdon. Not the best sheep photography, but hopefully, the stunning scenery makes up for it? ☁️🐑☁️
#DyddDefaidodon #Defaidodon #Ewesday #Schafe #animals #Tiere #SheepOfMastodon #sheepodon #Schaf #sheeptodon #livestock #MähMittwoch #Wolken #mist #misty #fog #foggy #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #Snowdonia #Eryri #NorthWales #Wales #Cymru
Vicks Peak and San Mateo Mountain
Vicks Peak and San Mateo Mountain
This is the #SnowdonMountainRailway (SMR), a narrow-gauge rack-and-pinion #mountain railway, that has been taking passengers from Llanberis to the summit since 1896 (!).
Here are some other facts you might enjoy:
- It's the only public rack-and-pinion #railway in the #UK.
- The average speed of the train is 5 mph (8 km/h).
- The total track length is 4.7 miles (7.5 km).
- It carries around 140,000 passengers each year.
- A round-trip to the summit takes approx. 2.5 hours, including a 30-minute stop at the summit visitor centre.
- From the #summit station, it's only 68 ft (21 m) to the summit cairn (though it's quite steep).
- Trains are scheduled at 30-minute intervals, subject to passenger demand.
- The SMR currently operates 3 coal-fired steam locomotives and 4 diesel locomotives. Last week, only diesel locomotives were in service, as the heritage steam locomotives typically run from June to September.
- On its official opening day in April 1896, one of the locomotives derailed and fell down the mountain, resulting in one fatality. Following this incident, the maximum allowed train weight was reduced, and a gripper system was installed on the rack railway. It's been full steam ahead ever since.
🚂🚋
(Sorry for the rabbit hole. I'm not usually into trains, but even I found it quite interesting)
#Wolken #clouds #Berggipfel #Gipfel #mountainTop #wandern #hiking #hike #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #SMR #narrowGauge #narrowGaugeRailway #Zahnradbahn #rackAndPinion #trainTracks #railways #railwayTrack #railwayTracks #railroad #Schienen #Gleise #train #trains #Zug #Bahn #HeritageGreatBritain #FootpathFriday #Snowdonia #Wales
This is the #SnowdonMountainRailway (SMR), a narrow-gauge rack-and-pinion #mountain railway, that has been taking passengers from Llanberis to the summit since 1896 (!).
Here are some other facts you might enjoy:
- It's the only public rack-and-pinion #railway in the #UK.
- The average speed of the train is 5 mph (8 km/h).
- The total track length is 4.7 miles (7.5 km).
- It carries around 140,000 passengers each year.
- A round-trip to the summit takes approx. 2.5 hours, including a 30-minute stop at the summit visitor centre.
- From the #summit station, it's only 68 ft (21 m) to the summit cairn (though it's quite steep).
- Trains are scheduled at 30-minute intervals, subject to passenger demand.
- The SMR currently operates 3 coal-fired steam locomotives and 4 diesel locomotives. Last week, only diesel locomotives were in service, as the heritage steam locomotives typically run from June to September.
- On its official opening day in April 1896, one of the locomotives derailed and fell down the mountain, resulting in one fatality. Following this incident, the maximum allowed train weight was reduced, and a gripper system was installed on the rack railway. It's been full steam ahead ever since.
🚂🚋
(Sorry for the rabbit hole. I'm not usually into trains, but even I found it quite interesting)
#Wolken #clouds #Berggipfel #Gipfel #mountainTop #wandern #hiking #hike #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #SMR #narrowGauge #narrowGaugeRailway #Zahnradbahn #rackAndPinion #trainTracks #railways #railwayTrack #railwayTracks #railroad #Schienen #Gleise #train #trains #Zug #Bahn #HeritageGreatBritain #FootpathFriday #Snowdonia #Wales
Easton Glacier on the south slopes of Kulshan (Mount Baker) in this photo from several Octobers ago for #MountainMonday #Hiking #AltText
Easton Glacier on the south slopes of Kulshan (Mount Baker) in this photo from several Octobers ago for #MountainMonday #Hiking #AltText
four days of Half Dome. #MountainMonday #yosemite
four days of Half Dome. #MountainMonday #yosemite
Look who’s dining out! The largest animals, by far, that I saw on my adventures in #Colorado were not on a trail, but next to a house in a neighborhood that abutted one of the trailheads. While walking to my car after a hike, I saw four #moose (two in pic) chomping on some delicious shrubs and trees next to the house. 🤣 This is a zoomed in photo— definitely kept my distance. #wildlife #nature #photography
#MountainMonday #PhotoMonday #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #mountains
Looking out over the largest olive grove in Greece 🌿
#mountains#MountainMonday #nature #europe #greece #travel #naturephotography #photography #pixelfed #photo #landscape #landscapephotography #sea #sunset #trees #clouds
Looking out over the largest olive grove in Greece 🌿
#mountains#MountainMonday #nature #europe #greece #travel #naturephotography #photography #pixelfed #photo #landscape #landscapephotography #sea #sunset #trees #clouds
In honor of #MountainMonday (and the fact that I’ve been under a lot of stress lately), I’m taking a personal day to go climb a mountain. BRB.