snowfield
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How to use snowfield in a sentence
Aguiló soon came into their view and they watched him slowly descend to a prominent triangular snowfield, still 1,000 feet of technical climbing above the glacier.
Legendary Alpinist Corrado Pesce Dies During an Icefall on Patagonia’s Cerro Torre | cobrien | February 4, 2022 | Outside OnlineIt broke free from a snowfield on a slope that was between 35 and 38 degrees—that’s the pitch of an intermediate run at your local ski resort.
How Could a Trail Fit for a Toddler Be the Site of a Deadly Disaster? | Fred Dreier | January 21, 2022 | Outside OnlineIt was a massive snow year for the Sierra, and Heinbockel spent some 500 miles trekking across snowfields, enduring swollen river crossings and passing days alone in sections that more cautious hikers had opted to skip.
Could Thru-Hiking Be Bad For Your Health? A New Study Makes a Troubling Find. | syadron | July 14, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe moon just showed over the mountains in that direction which cast their strange black shadows on the snowfield.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryArcot turned a powerful searchlight on it, and it stood out brightly against the vast snowfield.
Islands of Space | John W Campbell
For example, within a snowfield the summers remain relatively cold.
Climatic Changes | Ellsworth HuntingtonThe great snowfield overhead sparkled as if set with thousands and thousands of gold and silver stars.
Heidi | Johanna SpyriA packed snowfield was underfoot, firm enough to hold our weight, with a foot or so of loose, soft snow on its top.
Beyond the Vanishing Point | Raymond King Cummings
British Dictionary definitions for snowfield
/ (ˈsnəʊˌfiːld) /
a large area of permanent snow
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Scientific definitions for snowfield
[ snō′fēld′ ]
A large expanse of snow, usually with a smooth and uniform surface, and especially at the head of a glacier.
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