The Sexiest Mountain in America, The Nipple - CA
Some mountains are beautiful. Some mountains are dramatic. And some — very few — look like they were sculpted, not formed. The Nipple, a volcanic plug rising above Blue Lakes in the high Sierra, is one of the strangest and most irresistible landforms in California.
In this episode, we explore why this peak has such presence. We dive into the Miocene volcanism that built it, the Pleistocene glacier that carved the basin beneath it, and the rare alpine plants that cling to its volcanic slopes. We trace the human stories of the Blue Lakes basin — Washoe summer camps, Basque sheepherders carving…
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