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Recent Examples of col The French Alps Why: Conquering the storied HC (hors catégorie) climbs and cols of the French Alps provides the ultimate cycling bragging rights. Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 13 May 2025 The highest point of the trail is at 3,008 feet, on a viewless col (the lowest point between peaks) off of Blue Mountain. Jessica McKenzie, National Geographic, 16 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for col
Noun
  • The couple had come up from their Sun City home in metro Phoenix in spring to shuttle rim-to-rim canyon hikers to their vehicles, hoping to escape the summer heat like many of their clients.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Try the roughly two-mile Hickman Bridge Trail to admire the canyon and walk beneath the 300-foot Hickman Bridge, a natural sandstone arch.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, Tom finds him first and inanely yells his name across the ravine.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • From the top of a lift, the three of us descended 4,800 feet into a ravine that, over the course of two hours, funneled us to Refugio Frey.
    Scott Yorko, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway is truly at its most spectacular in autumn, when the leaves start to change color and the gorge prepares itself for winter.
    Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Apart from the gorges and cliffs, the area features beautiful waterfalls and rock shelters.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Search operations, including drones, launched Sunday after hikers reported being trapped in Laohugou, a valley in Menyuan county.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Once October and November hit, the cypress trees that line both sides of the river light up in shades or orange and red, striking a sharp contrast against the turquoise water and the green in the rest of the valley.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025

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