The image captures the nighttime appearance of the France-Italy border. The southwestern end of the Alps Mountains separates the two countries.

照片拍摄了法意边境的夜景，这两个国家因阿尔卑斯山脉西南段而隔开。

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We hoped that our good fortune would continue into the decidedly less flat regions of the Austrian Alps; as the cloud-tipped mountains on the horizon grew closer, though, that hope began to diminish.

我们希望如此好运能延续到奥地利不再那么平坦的阿尔卑斯山区，但是当地平线上被乌云笼罩的高山越来越近时，我们的希望也开始变得渺茫了。

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But whereas the Alps' snowcaps are just deep enough for skiing, Antarctic mountains are swallowed up by their caps, and lie buried beneath an ice sheet that is five kilometers thick.

不过阿尔卑斯山顶积雪的深度仅够滑雪，南极大陆的山脉却被积雪吞噬，深埋在厚达五公里的冰层下。

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These areas include the Alps in Italy and Switzerland, the coastal mountains of western Canada, and the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains in the United States.

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Annual weeklong ski reunions in the Rocky Mountains or the Alps can attract up to 40 alums.

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From stage seven onwards, the race heads for the Jura mountains of eastern France, before going into the Alps and a punishing climb to the summit of Avoriaz.

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There is also plenty of skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing to be done elsewhere in the country, where the mountains may not soar as high as the Alps, but assets include cheaper prices, smaller crowds and a less frenetic atmosphere.

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