Flight crew reported getting terrain alerts while on approach near mountainous terrain.

Attributes
ACN	1705638
Time
Date	201911
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Once cleared for the visual approach we were initially at 9;000 feet and set the altitude select to 6;500 feet. Maintaining visual separation from the terrain we entered a base for the visual xx approach. As we descended with the terrain to the right of the aircraft we began receiving terrain alerts. The first officer made corrective action by disconnecting the auto pilot and turning further away from the terrain; toward the active runway. Landed with no issues. It can be difficult on this visual approach to meet stabilized criteria due to the close proximity of the mountains to the runway. We will be sure to give more clearance to the mountains in future approaches to runway xx to avoid receiving terrain warnings.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Crew reported getting terrain alerts while on approach near mountainous terrain.

Narrative: Once cleared for the visual approach we were initially at 9;000 feet and set the altitude select to 6;500 feet. Maintaining visual separation from the terrain we entered a base for the visual XX approach. As we descended with the terrain to the right of the aircraft we began receiving terrain alerts. The First Officer made corrective action by disconnecting the auto pilot and turning further away from the terrain; toward the active runway. Landed with no issues. It can be difficult on this visual approach to meet stabilized criteria due to the close proximity of the mountains to the runway. We will be sure to give more clearance to the mountains in future approaches to runway XX to avoid receiving terrain warnings.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.