Sounds magical. A few years back me and some buddies ate some tabs and wondered around the Yosemite valley. Ended up on a wooden board walk going through a meadow staring at Glacier Point while the sun was shining on it and it was one of the most peaceful moments of my life
I snowboard but yes being up on the mountain is a special feeling. I've never considered it like a foreign planet but your so right it's like no where else on earth being up there strapped to a plank or two