upper reaches
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Baldy changes after a winter storm, when the upper reaches are blanketed in snow and ice and a slip in the wrong place can lead to a catastrophic, unstoppable fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
The upper reaches of the market also survived a crucial testing this fall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
The trust's data does not go far enough back to record exactly when salmon were last spotted in the river's upper reaches - but it believes the last sighting was more than a century ago.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025
Starting in 2018, the research team carried out extensive field surveys in the upper reaches of the Dadu River.
From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025
Descending from Camp Four after the storm, at 25,000 feet, Krakauer turned to look back at the upper reaches of the peak, where his friends Hall, Harris, Hansen, and Fischer had lost their lives.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
