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The mountainside that slid off to produce the skyscraper-size wave was, itself, more than 3,200 feet tall — higher than the world’s tallest building.—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 May 2026 Most provocative are the thousands of small seismic tremors that emanated from the area of the slide in the days prior to the mountainside collapsing.—Ezgi Karasözen, The Conversation, 6 May 2026 Nearly 2,500 feet above them, up on the mountainside, Vonn stepped into the start house.—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 May 2026 His brother rushed down the mountainside to try and rescue him and the pair became stranded at 12,400 feet, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mountainside