L. Marcus Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Isn't that a soft drink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 So which range is Mt Shasta in? It's in the Cascades, near the southern edge. Mt. Lassen is usually included among the Cascade volcanoes also, though looking at the map it seems a bit south of where the Cascades divide to make the Sierra Nevada (inland) and the Coast Range to the west, as the Central Valley (of California) lies between. AFAIK the other Sierra Nevada peaks include no recently active volcanoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Tsk. Underachievers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Shrug. Different geology. The Sierra Nevada has gold deposits; I haven't heard of any of those in the Cascades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 ... Juan de Fuca? There once was a comic in the university paper that went by the title "The Straights of Juan de Fuca". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Shrug. Different geology. The Sierra Nevada has gold deposits; I haven't heard of any of those in the Cascades.I thought gold deposits was most commonly found in old volcanic rock. The Cascades might not qualify, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Both ranges have a complicated history, but the Sierras are older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 As old as the Appalachians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Not nearly so old as the Appalachians. They're barely even mountains anymore. Side note: I have, somewhere, a picture of myself at the top of a 'mountain' pass in West Virginia, with the elevation clearly identified. It's about 200 feet (60 m) lower than the elevation of my home town on the plains of Colorado. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Our mountains came about in the same event as the Appalachians. The tallest mountain on our side of the border is about 2200 meters high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 The mountain for which my school/place of work is named is about 2750 m in elevation, rising about 1450 m above the valley floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 I think the GPS in my sister's car said our house is at 31 m of elevation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 No risk for nosebleeds, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Not any induced by altitude, in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Or tender mucous membranes because of dry air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 The mountain for which my school/place of work is named is about 2750 m in elevation, rising about 1450 m above the valley floor. Tell Zeus I said "Hi". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Side note: I have, somewhere, a picture of myself at the top of a 'mountain' pass in West Virginia, with the elevation clearly identified. It's about 200 feet (60 m) lower than the elevation of my home town on the plains of Colorado.Snoqualmie Pass (Interstate 90's crossing over the Cascades) is also low ... a bit less than 3000 feet, IIRC. There are passes on the shoulders of Mt Rainier that are not that much higher than that, though Rainier's peak is just over 4000 meters (14,400 feet). It's all a big collection of accreted terranes, with massive volcanic towers built on magma pipes piercing through every few dozen km. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Mount Hood is a pretty hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Oh, there're all quite picturesque. They just tend to be ... moody, and intermittently lay waste to their surroundings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Just like nature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Tell Zeus I said "Hi". I ain't climbin' that thing. Especially in the dead of winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Dead being the operative word. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Hypothermia is not a pleasant way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Actually, it's among the least unpleasant deaths, they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Cryogenics, and wake up in year 3000. #Futurama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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