bergschrund

American  

[berk-shroont] / ˈbɛrk ʃrʊnt /

noun

1. a crevasse, or series of crevasses, at the upper end of a mountain glacier.

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bergschrund British  

/ ˈbɛrkʃrʊnt, ˈbɜːɡʃruːnd /

noun

1. Also called: rimaye.  a crevasse at the head of a glacier

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Etymology

Origin of bergschrund

1835–45; < German ( Berg mountain + Schrunde crevice)

Example Sentences

In the end, I felt confident the extra flying paid off as I shot each rider racing their slough down an impossibly steep face before ollieing the bergschrund at the bottom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another theory is that he lost an edge and plummeted into the kilometers-long bergschrund at the base of the face.

From Time Magazine Archive

This time I climbed only 120 feet above the bergschrund before lack of composure and the arrival of a snow squall forced me to turn around.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

For the next two hours we ascended an incline pitched as gently as a beginner’s ski slope, eventually arriving at the bergschrund that delineated the Khumbu Glacier’s upper end.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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 thrashed.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer