Sentence examples for snow cornice from inspiring English sources

On the descent I fell through a snow cornice and nearly began to descend at a speed incompatible with life.

We peered down a 3m-high snow cornice – and what followed felt like speeding through thin, soft air with a pinch of fear.

In winter it involves climbing down another snow cornice onto steep icy ground.

In winter conditions the climb from Striding Edge 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.

I clamored onto the ridge and traversed below the snow cornices overhanging the 10,000-foot precipice on Aconcaguas South Face.

The Cairngorms are the last great mountain-wilderness, in the old sense of the word wilderness: winds of up to 171mph, 12m deep snow-drifts, cornices three metres long, and permanent year-round snowfields.

The snow forms into cornices which can easily collapse under you and result in death.

Those involved in the multi-agency operation have warned hill walkers of snow hazards such as "cornices and avalanche risks" in those areas affected by snow and strong winds.

The icicles and the snow will fall from the cornices of my building and smash onto the street below, where my kind neighbor has put a yellow tape to block the sidewalk.

Cornice collapse – Cornices (deposits of wind-drifted snow) can collapse under their own weight, or following a heavy snowfall.

In Lancaster, Orchard Park and Cheektowaga, three of the area's hardest-hit towns, cornices of ice and snow blanketing house roofs dipped down like frozen custard toppings, merging with snowbanks that towered eight feet from the ground.