snowface
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]snowface (plural snowfaces)
- A snow-covered mountain feature.
- 1998, Louis W. Dawson, Wild Snow: A Historical Guide to North American Ski Mountaineering, page 36:
- For the easiest descent, drop west from the summit into the Granite Chief Wilderness via a broad snowface, then climb back to the summit or any of several saddles, and descend Ward Creek back to parking.