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California Landscapes
The has a
variety of landscapes within a quick driving distance. If weather
conditions are right, or wrong depending on what you like to see, it is
possible to drive a snowy mountain road to Capitola, a coastal
town only 25 miles away. The mountains, the Coastal Range,
reach an altitude of around 2500 feet which is high enough to receive
snow when the weather get cold enough. The scene below is a
scene in the higher altitudes to the east of San Jose. Normally
the temperate doesn't stay that cold for long
and they snow melts after two or three days.