snowface

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noun

A snow-covered mountain feature.

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Meanings

nounsnowface (plural snowfaces)

plural snowfaces

  1. A snow-covered mountain feature.

    For the easiest descent, drop west from the summit into the Granite Chief Wilderness via a broad snowface, then climb back to the summit or any of several saddles, and descend Ward Creek back to parking.

    1998, Louis W. Dawson, Wild Snow: A Historical Guide to North American Ski Mountaineering, page 36

Origin

From snow + face.

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APA

snowface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowface

MLA

“snowface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowface. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowface,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowface.

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