After crossing the bergschrund, we are on the main face and the Ferrari route; this is what you've come for!. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
A large crevasse called a bergschrund usually occurs at the top of the glacier near the head wall. From Wordnik.com. [Guliya Core #2 and Mountain Glacier Flow « Climate Audit] Reference
It breaks itself loose from the thinner snows about it, too shallow to share its motion, and from the rock rim which surrounds it, forming a deep fissure called the bergschrund, sometimes a score and more feet wide. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
Skirting the base of the mountain above us, we came to a gigantic bergschrund, a mile and a half long and 1000 ft. deep. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
Twenty-four hours later, I was huddled inside a bivouac sack under the lip of the bergschrund on the Thumb's north face. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
As Bowman used the north bergschrund and other landmarks to define their initial position and their route upwards, I studied the man's face, surveying the landmarks of his character. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
The depth of the snow made the going slow and exhausting; by the time I front-pointed up the overhanging wall of the uppermost bergschrund, some three or four hours after leaving camp, I was whipped. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
This was the day Craig Moore learned the definition of the word bergschrund. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There's only one bergschrund you need to be wary of, and you can completely avoid it. From Wordnik.com. Reference
We tied on the rope at the foot of the bergschrund, which was easy to pass because of the winter's snow. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Standfast] Reference
The chips of ice slithered between my legs and I could watch them till they brought up just above the bergschrund. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Standfast] Reference
The swift motion freshened him up a little, and he was able to put on the brake with his axe to prevent us cascading into the bergschrund. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Standfast] Reference
Meantime Mrs. Knollys strained her eyes, peering downward from above, leaning on the rope about her waist, looking over the clear brink of the bergschrund. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Knollys] Reference
For in winter the crevasse of the bergschrund which surrounds the neve field is filled with snow and the neve is frozen fast to the rocky sides of the valley. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
He learned where to find snow in August, and how to descend stairs with skis strapped to his back, and he learned, the hard way, the meaning of the word "bergschrund.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
He therefore crossed the bergschrund, or crevasse between the glacier and the cliffs, on a snow-bridge, faced the mountain-side once more, and, toiling upwards, reached the summit of the pass a little before sunset. From Wordnik.com. [Rivers of Ice] Reference
A yawning ice-cleft or bergschrund, formed by the drawing away of the steadily moving Barrier ice from the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
We bound o'er the bergschrund uninjured. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittulae, Random Verses] Reference
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