bergschrund
a crevasse, or series of crevasses, at the upper end of a mountain glacier.
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How to use bergschrund in a sentence
Now, however, with the glaciers receding from its lower slopes and the ice and snow melting from the higher walls, the mountain is far rockier, and the bergschrunds have melted back into huge ice roofs.
Two Climbers Just Completed One of the Hardest Alpine Ascents of the Year | POM Administrator | August 5, 2022 | Outside OnlineOn reaching a bergschrund we found above its upper lip hard ice, which continued no doubt to the ridge.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryTo climb down and slip meant a furious plunge like the other, and if there was not a bergschrund, he might hit a rock.
Northwest! | Harold BindlossHappily the bergschrund was choked with snow, and we escaped with an involuntary slide.
The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. | Sir Leslie StephenAbout 800 feet below the spot where their fall commenced was a small bergschrund, or crack across the ice.
Adventures on the Roof of the World | Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond
We were now sufficiently near to the bergschrund to be able to form some idea of its nature and difficulty.
Adventures on the Roof of the World | Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond
British Dictionary definitions for bergschrund
/ (ˈbɛrkʃrʊnt, ˈbɜːɡʃruːnd) /
a crevasse at the head of a glacier: Also called: rimaye
Origin of bergschrund
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