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

From the bergschrund at 23,000 feet that marked its upper end, this great river of ice flowed two and a half miles down a relatively gentle valley called the Western Cwm.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

As I crouched inside my bivouac sack under the lip of the bergschrund, spindrift avalanches hissed down from the wall above and washed over me like surf, slowly burying my ledge.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer