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alpine-style

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adjective

  1. mountaineering of or in an ascent (esp in high mountains like the Himalayas) in which the climbers carry all their equipment with them in a single ascent from base to summit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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After World War II, tens of thousands of homes were built amid the trees, and neighborhoods are now filled with alpine-style houses with wood shake roofing and wooden decks, their yards blanketed in pine needles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2021

This is an alpine-style, raw cow’s milk cheese.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2020

He flies in for powder days, meetings with his on-site managers, and sunny lunches at the Bavarian, a charming mid-mountain alpine-style bar and restaurant established two decades ago and still run by, well, a Bavarian.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2019

In 1980, they joined with two other Spokane Mountaineers, Kim Momb and Jim States, for an alpine-style expedition that put Roskelley on the top of Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest peak.

From Washington Times Dec. 12, 2015

Luxury/On-Mountain>Game Creek Chalet The top of the top in luxury lodging, this four-bedroom, four-bathroom alpine-style retreat sits atop Game Creek Bowl on the mountain's backside, bestowing true ski-to-your-front-door access on its lucky lodgers.

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