A snow cornice or simply cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is an overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along...
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Koblmueller almost suffered the same fate as Buhl, as he also fell through a snow cornice on the ascent, but he was roped and team members were able to pull him...
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popular backcountry skiing destination. A large and highly dangerous snow cornice usually forms along the summit ridge in winter and early spring, the...
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capped mountain Snow cornice Snow Peak (company) a Japanese company that sells lightweight camping and hiking equipment Search for "snow-peak" or "snowpeak"...
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Classifications of snow describe and categorize the attributes of snow-generating weather events, including the individual crystals both in the air and...
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snowmobiler from Damascus, Oregon, fell 1,500 feet into the crater after a snow cornice gave way beneath him on a trip to the volcano with his son. Despite his...
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by snow drift, which first creates a cornice, which may then grow to reach the other side of the opening. A snow bridge may completely cover the opening...
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up to the summit plateau can involve crossing steep icy ground and a snow cornice, and can be the most dangerous part of the walk. Without an ice axe or...
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registered. Kasparek died in 1954, falling to his death through a broken snow cornice near the peak of the Salcantay in Peru. Reinhold Messner, The Big Walls:...
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resulted in the death of the French mountaineer Stéphane Brosse when a snow cornice collapsed under him. Mont Blanc. In July 2013, Jornet achieved the fastest...
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Avalanche control (redirect from Snow shed)
knotted cord can be used to saw through the roots of cornices, causing the cornice to drop onto the snow pack of the slope below. This has the combined effect...
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from their starting point. "The summit is formed of a most enormous snow cornice running along the ridge for a great distance, and overhanging the terrific...
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large build-up of snow on Cliffe Hill, whose sheer western face directly overlooks the town. On Tuesday 27 December 1836 this snow cornice collapsed, and...
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ridge they had hoped for, but a thin crest of snow and ice on rock, steep on the left, overhanging as a cornice on the right. It was interrupted by a formidable-looking...
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Avalanche (redirect from Snow slide)
accumulate more snow and are more likely to include pockets of deep snow, wind slabs, and cornices, all of which, when disturbed, may result in avalanche formation...
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slopes of the cirque are prone to the formation of cornices and to avalanches. Sometimes the snow remains until well into the summer months. Around 1840...
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while crossing the Aiguille d'Argentière in the Mont Blanc massif when a snow cornice collapsed under him, resulting in him falling between 600 and 700 metres...
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snow and ice climb in winter when the couloirs are covered with stable snow and iced over with rocks frozen in place. Hazards include snow cornices lining...
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walking on Y Garn when they went over a cornice overhanging a ridge. About 50 metres of snow collapsed when the cornice gave way creating an avalanche and...
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Snowmobile (redirect from Snow mobile)
sled, motor sledge, skimobile, or snow scooter, is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow. Their engines normally drive a...
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Snowboarding (redirect from Snow boarding)
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached...
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Order Stage Name Real Name Song Original artist Vote Round 2 Pair 1 Snow Cornice, Our Town Yoo Yeon-jung of I.O.I/Cosmic Girls Star (별) Youme [ko] 34 Regional...
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Salvation Army Heo Kyung-hwan Love Grass (풀잎사랑) Choi Sung-soo [ko] 30 Snow Cornice, Our Town Yoo Yeon-jung of I.O.I/Cosmic Girls 69 2nd Song The Salvation...
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Mount Everest and 100 metres (330 ft) below it, connected to it by the Cornice Traverse and Hillary Step. It was first climbed by Charles Evans and Tom...
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the Rescue 807 Crashes. In August 2010, James Hoshizaki stepped onto a snow cornice to pose for a photo when it gave way, resulting in an avalanche that...
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their repair being often undertaken simultaneously. A parapet wall or cornice tend to preclude eaves, as an alternate design, both favouring flat roofs...
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of the snow basin at 1:27 PM. It can be deduced from a photograph taken from the highway by a local climber from Canmore that a large cornice broke off...
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(1904–1951), who was responsible for the logistics planning of the Project Snow Cornice of the Arctic Institute of North America. Foresta, with her daughter...
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Sastrugi (category Snow or ice weather phenomena)
Sastrugi Cornice (snow) Föhn wind Snowdrift Kochanski, K.; Anderson, R.S.; Tucker, G. (Jun 2018). "Statistical classification of self-organized snow surfaces"...
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the couloir requires dropping off a cornice with a free fall ranging from 10 to 20 feet (6.1 m) depending upon snow conditions and exactly where the skier...
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