I have never been to California. I’m aware that there are mountains there, but for some reason I never associate CA with mountains even though you obviously have some big ones.
My daughter just sold her place in “the hills” above Golden.
She’s always refered to the mountains in Colorado as ‘hills’ even though her house was at 8900 feet, because looking up from the plain around Denver they just don’t look so tall compared to looking up at the Sierra from Panamint valley or looking at Shasta from Redding, etc.
When you’re used to looking up from near sea level, it changes your perspective. Now she has a place in Knightsen Ca and her horses and cattle are “way happier,” especially in the winter :o)