OOC: Walking distance implies that they're walking there, which makes them an easy target for an ambush or something? You could also have it cross long-range patrol paths, you could find something interesting along the way.
IC: Selsträ wasn't quite sure where the rift had dumped her out, but she was fortunately in one piece. That was a lot more than she could say for the skeletal hand that was holding on to her left arm. Selsträ could feel a breeze on her face, so her mask was long gone. Her left arm was covered in blood, and Selsträ couldn't move much more than twitching. Selsträ thought that there was the same sort of tension in the aer wherever she was as there was in the mountains, but it didn't seem like any more rifts were going to open on top of her.
OOC: In case that's a little too subtle for anyone, Selsträ is on the ground, with her left arm covered in blood, in front of the quick portal. And there's half a skeleton's arm trying to kill her, but it's not doing much.