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RVA_RVA t1_j2or55q wrote

Reply to comment by dcgrey in Does cold temperature make vistas more 'crisp' looking? by colorado_hick

East coaster here. I went out to the west coast to hike the PCT some years ago. I felt uneasy the entire time. Low humidity, strong wind, and completely exposed was a mixture we don't have over here. I'm used to the safety of the forest.

I loved it out there, I've been back a bunch of times to hike. I just have never been able to shake the uneasy feeling if being so exposed.

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dcgrey t1_j2owanp wrote

It's definitely unsettling to see a mountain in the distance that's an hour drive away, as one would in parts of Colorado. Imagine getting off a boat in Portland, Maine, and having someone say "And if you glance to the west there, those are the White Mountains over in New Hampshire."

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MadMagilla5113 t1_j2p5eml wrote

Lol, I live in the Seattle Area, you don’t have to glance in order to see mountains. You have the Cascades to the East and The Olympics to the West and they’re both more than an hour away.

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91901bbaa13d40128f7d t1_j2wopog wrote

Take the victoria clipper north sometime and stand on the rear deck watching Mount Rainier. As you leave Seattle, you see the city recede into a dot, but the mountain behind it doesn't appear to get any smaller. It's wild.

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NoMalarkyZone t1_j2oz3fc wrote

Do the Knife Edge trail up Mt Katahdin in Maine for a throwback.

We did section J a few years back, Katahdin has areas that are similar up knife edge due to its prominence.

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