Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 56
y snow. An ice-slope is easily recognisablefrom a great distance; an ice-slope coveredwith snow may be betrayed by the sliding off ofa very small portion. Such indications maydecide whether a certain ascent should or shouldnot be forthwith attempted. Old descriptionsof mountaineering often confuse… … rUAVERSI.NG AN ICF.-SLOPE. snow. Snow cannot lie at a very high angle;few snow-slopes make with the horizon an angleof more than 40^ a steeper slope rapidly shedsthe snow that falls upon it: snow in good con-dition cannot be newly fallen, it must have hadtime in which to settle down. Such snow…
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