But encouragement only goes so far, even in these pristine mountains, when mountains of trouble await at home.

Remember this the next time you see those lovely advertise- ments of Swiss ski slopes, beautiful watches, pristine mountains and cuckoo clocks.

More than 50 percent of the park's six million acres (three times the size of Yellowstone) is still in private hands, including huge individual tracts spread across miles of pristine mountains, forests and lakes.

This pristine mountain offers a large number of walking trails for an easy morning of hiking.

The pilot adjusted their altitude, bringing them closer to the pristine mountain "Sublime," Basil whispered "And virgin," Aldo added "I could cry I am crying."

It is an ideal jumping-off point for treks through the pristine mountains of adjacent Kyrgyzstan, and is a crafts center in its own right.

The possibility of giardia contamination by beavers and other wild mammals is the main reason campers and hikers are warned against drinking water from even the most pristine mountain streams.

Or hiking through pristine mountains, smelling clean air.

Touristically the area invites visitors to several waterfalls and views of pristine mountains.

Tribal leaders testified that the road would destroy parts of the pristine mountains and high country that the tribes considered sacred and essential to their religious beliefs and practices.