Western Cordillera
The Western Cordillera contains a series of mountain ranges, and is mostly seperated by plateaus and valleys. Daniel Mikkelsen is from Denmark, a region with mostly flat land and a couple of rolling hills. This is how he adapted to this mountainous region.
Daniel's first struggle, was getting over the Rocky Mountains. These peaks can reach up very high, so this took a great amount of hiking. In addition, some the mountains in the region, contain rivers so that could be resourceful. Most of these mountains are made up igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock. The inner ranges contain fold mountains, and the coastal ranges are volcanic. Coal, and natural gas are found but Daniel figured that natural gas would be the region's main energy source. It wouldn't take long to adapt to this region apart from the shift in landscape.
Daniel had also saw the various climate patterns throughout the region. There are two main climates. The temperature from the Pacific coast and the temp. from the mountain ranges. There isn't really any extreme cold, and it rarely evers snows heavily. This region deals with a lot of precipitation and the coastal area of this region can have up to 200mm of rain! Mountain areas tend to be cold because of the elevation, but the areas near the pacific, which is where Daniel has settled, have a lot of rain. Daniel would have to make the resources that he has suitable for this type of weather.
Near the humid areas of the regions, trees such as douglas fir, red cedar and hemlock grow. These trees are very healthy because of the age and size of them. Trees grow smaller near the mountains, which means that Daniel woud have to adapt to living in an area with a lot of trees. He would also have to adapt to the humidity of the area that he's settled in.
Over time erosion could slowly wear down the mountain ranges (not drastically) but it could get rid of the resources that Daniel would need. It wouldn't be very difficult to get used to this but over the years Daniel would begin to notice this.