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Nearly 200 miles of signposted walking paths and hiking trails crisscross the region, passing by vineyards, green prairies, pine forests, clear mountain lakes and historic villages, with glacial snowcaps in the distance.—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 This is especially apparent in shadow highlights like mountain reflections in water, where some details like a snowcap on the top are harder to make out.—Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023 It has been sourced from the pristine volcanic snowcaps of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, and cycled through over 14,000 feet of porous volcanic rock to slowly filter and provide naturally alkaline water full of essential minerals.—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2023 After the Chinese completed their 2005 survey, Nepal and China announced a joint agreement to recognize both the new Chinese survey of the highest point of rock and the 1954 Survey of India elevation, which included the snowcap.—Freddie Wilkinson, National Geographic, 28 Sep. 2020 Nepal disagreed, maintaining its position that the snowcap covering the peak should be accounted for in the final number.—Ryan Van Bibber, Outside Online, 27 May 2020 The mid-winter snowcap scatters the sun’s warming rays in the infrared portion of the spectrum.—Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2020 Anderson pulled to a stop at wooded intersection, the full moon illuminating pale birch trees and distant snowcaps.—Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 5 Dec. 2019 Studies suggest that if the mountain's snowcap continues to evaporate at its current rate, it could be gone in 15 years.—Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Nov. 2019
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