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snow cave

noun

  1. mountaineering another name for snow hole
“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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Late Thursday, the park’s high-altitude helicopter pilot was able to drop a bag with survival gear near the snow cave and saw a climber waving at him, but strong winds prevented a rescue at that time, the park said.

They dug a snow cave and tended to the hurt climber, according to a statement from the park.

They confirmed one of the climbers had died and dug a snow cave and tended to the hurt climber, according to a statement from the park.

Huddled in his little snow cave, he’d stayed surprisingly warm and dry.

They dug a small snow cave on the glacier with their ice axes.

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