11.   As the sun heats the uneven terrain, rising air currents will yield clouds and isolated afternoon thundershowers near some mountain peaks.

12.   As snow begins to cover the highest mountain peaks here, many of the commanders are preparing to batten down for another winter of hopes deferred.

13.   As one story goes, when the mountain peaks are shrouded in clouds, the Indians disappear inside them for mysterious rites.

14.   Before the fall is over, there will be more rescues nationwide as thousands of hikers and backpackers swarm over mountain peaks and crags.

15.   Behind the front, unseasonably chilly air will spread into the Northern Rockies with the risk for a few snow showers in the higher mountain peaks of western Montana.

16.   A majestic snow-covered mountain peak.

17.   A May snowstorm blanketed mountain peaks in northern New England Wednesday as a low-pressure system intensifying over the Gulf of Maine circulated Atlantic moisture far inland.

18.   Afternoon showers will be common over many mountain peaks from southern Idaho and northern Nevada to the central Rockies.

19.   Afternoon thundershowers will erupt over many mountain peaks from the southern Rockies to the southern Sierra.

20.   But damp Pacific winds do sweep across the mountain peaks, especially in winter.