I reach the bergschrund in less than an hour, only to find that I've miscalculated. |
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The bergschrund may be invisible in winter if snow covers it, but summer melting usually brings it out. |
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Pumping turn after exuberant turn, I drop to the south side of the mountain until I'm looking straight down into the gaping bergschrund. |
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It will be stored in a bergschrund, a natural crevasse between rock and ice. |
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Moving glacier ice can sometimes separate from stagnant ice above, forming a bergschrund. |
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From the bergschrund, the fastest is ski down to Argentière. |
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A bergschrund forms when the movement of the glacier separates the moving ice from the stationary ice forming a crevasse. |
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It generally results from erosion beneath the bergschrund of a glacier. |
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