GLOSSARY
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AlpA mountain pasture, usually with chalets tenanted only in summer.
ArêteA ridge.
Bergschrund A crevasse between the snow adhering to the rocks and the lower portion of the glacier.
ColA pass between two peaks.
CouloirA gully, usually filled with snow or stones.
CrevasseA crack in a glacier, caused by the movement of the ice over an uneven bed or round a corner.
FirnThe snow of the upper regions, which is slowly changing into glacier ice.
GratA ridge.
JochA pass between two peaks.
KammA summit ridge.
MoraineAn accumulation of stones and sand which has fallen from bordering slopes on to a glacier. Medial moraines are formed by the junction of glaciers, their lateral moraines joining.
MoulinA glacier mill, or shaft through the ice, formed by a stream which has met a crevasse in its course, and plunging into its depths has bored a hole right through the glacier and often into the rock beneath.
NévéThe French of Firn. (See Firn.)
RücksackThe bag type of canvas knapsack now invariably used by guides and climbers.
SchrundA crevasse. (See Crevasse.)
SêracA cube of ice, formed by transverse crevasses, and found where a glacier passes over steep rocks. This part of a glacier is called an ice-fall.