Meaning of bergshrund | Babel Free

Definitions

A large crack or crevasse in a glacier where the glacier is pulling away from the mountain.

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Examples

“The snow was extremely hard and there was a well defined path all the way up to the bergshrund.”

“By this time the cloud had rolled in once more and we stopped on the lip of a bergschrund and around 6730 m.”

“None of the other climbers says a word, and one by one we climb over a field of shaggy rocks and cross a ladder over the bergschrund.”

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