Sentence examples for steep ice from inspiring English sources

On a backpacking trip once, I slipped on a steep ice sheet and began sliding uncontrollably toward the edge of a cliff overhanging an icy river.

Then, right near the summit, climbers have to ascend a steep ice gully called the Bottleneck and cross a horizontal ice face named the Traverse.

The determination needed to keep melting snow for water and cooking can ultimately be more valuable than the skill needed to climb steep ice".

Based on the field observation and on satellite image, the sudden subglacial draining of the supraglacial ponds is likely to have been triggered by collapse of steep ice scarp of the upper supraglacial pond.

However, in 2000 it was again attached to John Hopkins glacier and the two together are stated to be advancing along the 150-200 feet steep ice face.

The man, a resident of San Diego, was hiking on the north-facing side of Mt. Harwood near the Devil's Backbone trail when he fell about 1,500 feet down a "very narrow, steep ice chute," said sheriff's Cpl.

ICE TEA, if you are going to be really specific, is tea made from steeping ice cubes, which is stupid.

The sight of beautiful snow falling, youngsters with their sleds trailing behind them, making their way to Morningside Park, where they would zip down the steepest ice-covered stairways with abandon — it all left me faint-headed with hopes of my own.

In practice, the Liberty already has full-time AWD, so the low range would basically come in handy only for climbing the steepest ice-coated hills, or especially if you had to plunge down a particularly sheer grade.

We shared a single scoop of the burnt-sugar-and-butter flavor, which at $3.10 seemed a bit steep for ice cream, and talk turned to where we would find our real New England lobster dinner.

This work presents unique field data quantifying steep channel ice processes during the freezeup period.