cresta run

/ (ˈkrɛstə) /

noun

  1. an activity involving travelling at high speed in a toboggan down a steep narrow passage of compacted snow and ice
  2. the passage itself

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Words nearby cresta run

crest, crest cloud, crest coronet, crest rail, crest syndrome, cresta run, crested auklet, crested dog's-tail, crested tit, crested wheatgrass, crestfallen
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