I think, in that cover, she's standing with crossbars from showjumping, but my mind always thinks they're the striped poles that you see in Venice's canals.
Cold Mountain is one of my favourite Sasha editorials, simply because of the overall atmosphere. It's not nature at her most beautiful - nor Sasha - but there's a faint air of menace, of something uncaring that could happen in that countryside, amid the hard ground and the damp air.