Sentence examples for steep passes from inspiring English sources

Rugged hills and steep passes divided villages.

The trek to the base of the fifth highest mountain in the world leads from dense rain forests over steep passes, to high pastures below glacier-clad peaks.

It includes a group of inland valleys, a coastal plain separated by low mountains that are interspersed with steep passes, an arc of still higher mountains, and a long seacoast.

But as I hiked to Hongu Taisha the next day – climbing 15 miles of mercilessly steep passes – I wondered if there was more to the metaphor then just numbers.

After signing up, Mr. Leja looked on Facebook for Ms. Purcell, who was in charge of getting the team into shape for a three-day 157-mile charity ride through two steep passes in the Rockies.

He was better prepared than most of the prospectors who made the appalling journey up from the sea to the gold fields, but after trudging up the steep passes and building a boat to carry their supplies into the wild, he grew sick from scurvy.

Punchok has brought his horse along, in case anyone gets tired, and hugs each of us individually every time we make it to the top of a steep pass.

Reaching it from the condo zone requires a drive north over a steep pass, a detour on the battered road towards the nudist beach of Irakli, then a second detour on a far worse road over a mountain.

The trip covers as much as 75 miles a day -- with support vehicles available -- as it follows the coast and juts inland over steep mountain passes.

Angel Fire is accessible only by steep mountain passes that can be treacherous in bad weather, and managing the driveway is no picnic.

As the exhibition points out, the Silk Road trek was accomplished on foot or by stumbling camel train through unrelenting desert and over steep mountain passes.