Although winters are generally cold and clear, there are occasional blizzards that do not deposit much snow but cover the grasses with enough snow and ice to make grazing impossible, killing off tens of thousands of sheep or cattle.

Although it is closely related to the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice, and open water, and for hunting the seals which make up most of its diet.

Although a person's footsteps remain a visible lifeline within a snow-covered landscape, snow cover is considered a general danger to hiking since the snow obscures landmarks and makes the landscape itself appear uniform.

Although slope gradient is the primary consideration in assigning a trail rating, other factors come into play — including trail width, normal snow conditions and whether or not the resort regularly grooms the trail.

Although sledding on snow or ice had been popular in many northern countries, bobsleighing is a relatively modern sport.

Although physically discomforting for everyone, the north-westerly storm provided some advantage to the assaulting troops by blowing snow in the faces of the defending troops.

Although snow sometimes falls in the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains, it is very rare in Los Gatos.

Although the mean snowfall is, the median is zero, so the majority of winters do not have measurable snow.

Although heavy snow sometimes falls on nearby Mount Tamalpais, snow is rare in Kentfield ; however, traces were reported on January 28 and December 13, 1972.

Although snow is rare, 3. 0 inches fell in January 1916 and fell in January 1962.

Although snow often falls in the winter in the Santa Lucia mountains west of the city, it is quite rare in the Salinas Valley ; however, fell in January 1957 and fell in December 1954.

Although snow rarely falls in St. Helena, there is an annual average snowfall of.

Although exceedingly heavy snow falls on the nearby mountains, it very rarely falls in the city ..

Although snowfall is very rare in Needles, 15. 2 inches of snow fell in January 1949, including 12. 2 inches on January 12, 1949.

Although snow rarely falls in the lowlands, 6. 5 inches fell in December 1967.

Although snow is very rare in Turlock, fell in January 1922 and fell in February 1976.

Although Grantsville can be affected by lake-effect snow off of the Great Salt Lake, most of the time it is too far southwest.

Although they receive less snow and have a shorter ski season than do their counterparts in Salt Lake County, such as Snowbird resort, they are much easier to access.

Although within marching distance of the battle, the heavy snow had muffled the sound of cannon fire and Ney was completely unaware of events until a messenger reached him around 10: 30.

Although some Japanese ghost stories or kaidan such as the story of the Yuki-onna (" snow woman ") might be considered examples of folktales, but even though some overlaps may exist, they are usually treated as another genre.

Although it snows in this region, the snow in this part of the United States melts rapidly, often before nightfall.

Although forestry is not a significant economic activity in Eritrea, its forested area covers, or 13. 5 percent of the total land area.

Although this word, in English, has taken on purely military connotations, in reality it covers the vast range of human enterprise-family life, work, spiritual development, and, at the end of all this, justified defensive warfare.

Although their range covers a small percentage of Africa, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations.

Although it should be noted that, by this point, several acts, notably Dylan on John Wesley Harding ( written during The Basement Tapes sessions ) and The Byrds on Sweetheart of the Rodeo ( featuring two Basement Tapes covers ), had made similar stylistic moves.

Although this cemetery covers only a small section of underground tunnels comprising " les carrières de Paris " (" the quarries of Paris "), Parisians today often refer to the entire tunnel network as " the catacombs ".

Although Cook Strait is only 24 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, the ferry journey covers 70 kilometres.

Although he gave Penguin's books ( particularly the Pelican range ) a unified look and enforced many of the typographic practices that are taken for granted today, he allowed the nature of each work to dictate its look, with varied covers and title pages.

Although open-ended, the " V " system currently covers a range from V0 to V16.

Although McGann played the Doctor on television only once, he gave permission for his likeness to be used on the covers of the BBC's Eighth Doctor novels and he has reprised the role of the Eighth Doctor in an extensive series of audio plays by Big Finish Productions.

Although a few lower-powered stations are located closer to Blackford County in cities such as Muncie, Marion, and Kokomo, these stations typically do not have a broadcast range that covers all of Blackford County.

Although the Bureau states there is no water, the lake covers about 1600 acres ( 6. 5 km² or 2. 5 sq mi ).

Although the grand jury indictment covers only the 2007 to 2010 time span, some former officials contend that cash payments of fines had been systematically stolen as long as 10 years prior.

Although commercial and residential development now covers most of the Chantilly ( Ox Hill ) battlefield, a small county park preserves a five acre ( 19, 000 m² ) portion of the battle site.

Although 6 May was the official date that the labels became available, there are covers postmarked 2 May, due to postmasters selling the stamps from 1 May.

Although " Der Kommissar " saw nearly contemporaneous and fairly straightforward mainstream covers including the loose translation by After The Fire and the reinterpretation by Laura Branigan, both in 1982 / 1983, Falco's song " Rock Me Amadeus " has seen more frequent use.

Although some are legal in the United States, many of these covers are not.

Although Vera itself covers only common punctuation and the Latin alphabet with some diacritics, its license allows others to make and distribute derivative works with some restrictions, and the DejaVu fonts project is expanding it with additional glyphs and styles.

Although this was a deliberate choice by writer Roy Thomas, it created confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of Avengers # 85 and # 141 ( Nov. 1975 ) claimed the issues featured appearances by the Squadron Sinister, when in fact it was the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues.

Although showy polished brass covers over safety valves had been a feature of steam locomotives since Stephenson's day, the only railway to maintain this tradition into the era of pop valves was the GWR, with their distinctive tapered brass safety valve bonnets and copper-capped chimneys.

Although classic blues covers and blues-styled originals remained prominent in the band's repertoire through this period, Green rapidly blossomed as a writer and contributed many successful original compositions from 1968 onwards.

Although NASA had itself contracted to carry stamp covers on the mission, the actions of the astronauts were not illegal, and NASA had turned a blind eye to similar activities on earlier flights, the administration decided to make an example of Scott and his crew and none of them flew in space again.

Although the scales are golden, the anal and caudal fins are reddish-brown. Mature red-tailed golden arowanas have brilliant metallic gold lateral scales, gill covers, bellies, and pectoral and pelvic fin membranes, although the back is dark.

Although technically the term ' electoral fraud ' covers only those acts which are illegal, the term is sometimes used to describe acts which are legal but nevertheless considered morally unacceptable, outside the spirit of electoral laws, or in violation of the principles of democracy.

Although they performed mainly covers, the group also wrote original music they would include as part of their set.