> Btw, I will check your PNW and raise you the Green Mountains in VT and White Mountains in NH during the fall.
I've long been unimpressed with the ancient and eroded 'mountains' of the East when set against the tall and imposing Mountains of the West. The Rockies and Cascades just hit different.
Ditto. I visited the Smokey Mountains this summer and even at 7k ft, covered in trees they kinda just feel like rolling hills compared to even a 4K ft rocky jagged peak in the west. They’re pretty but underwhelming to a westerner.
I've long been unimpressed with the ancient and eroded 'mountains' of the East when set against the tall and imposing Mountains of the West. The Rockies and Cascades just hit different.