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Arete:
A narrow ridge of rock or snow
Bench:
A flat section in steep terrain
Bivi:
A primitive campsite or simple,flat area where camping is possible
Block:
An area in the forest where logging has removed trees
Boulder Problem:
A short section of technical climbing,usually not far off the ground
Bushwack:
Walking/clambering through dense forest or bush
Buttress:
A prominent protrusion of rock on a mountain,often column-shaped
Cairn:
A pile of rocks used to indicate a route or a summit
Chimney:
A Chimney-like feature of rock,often open on one side,a vertical slot
Cirque:
A Glacier-carved bowl or amphitheater in the mountains
Class 5 terrain:
Technical climbing terrain. Rope required by most
climbers.
Contour:
Crossing a slope at the same elevation
Cornice:
A wind-deposited wave of snow on a ridge,often overhanging a steep slope or cliff.
Couloir:
A sleep gully,usually in the alpine and often filled with
snow.
Crampons:
Metals spikes that attach to boots for crossing snow
and ice
Crevasse:
A crack in the surface of a glacer. Can be hidden by
snow.
Cross-ditch:
A ditch that carries water from one side of a road to
the other,deeper than a waterbar
Crux:
A difficult section of a route. Often the most difficult
section.
Culvert:
A sub-surface tube that carries water from one side of
a road to the other
Cutblock:
An area in the forest where logging has removed trees
Exposure:
Airiness. The higher the exposure,the farther you
would tumble in the event of a fall
False Summit:
A point that appears to be the summit from below, but
is not.
Flagging:
Colored ribbons used to mark a Route or logging area.
FSR:
Forest Service Road
Gendarme:
A pinnacle sticking up out of a ridge.
Glissade:
Sliding down a snow slope on foot
GR(Grid Reference)
A 6-digit number that identifies a location on a map
Headwall:
A steep section of rock or cliff
Ice Axe:
Mountaineering equipment used for ascent and self
arrest
Krummholz:
Low-stunted trees,usually found in the alpine.
Markers:
Orange(usually) or silver(uncommon) diamond-shaped pieces of metal nailed to trees to mark routes
Massif:
A cluster of mountains
Micro-terrain
Features in landscape too small to show up on a
normal topo map
Moraine:
Rock or gravel debris created by glaciers
Objective Hazard:
Potentially unavoidable danger. Including:
Rockfall,avalanches,glacier travel,seracs and cornices.
Post Holing:
Difficult travel though deep snow where feet sink
Ribbon:
Colored,plastic 1-inch-wide ribbon used to mark routes
or logging zones,a.k.a.flagging.
Scree:
Small pieces of rock and gravels, often covering a large
slope or filling gullies or ledges.
Slab,slabby:
A sloping,smooth section of rock.
Sub-summit:
A gigh point on a mountain,but not the actual summit.
Summit:
Top of the mountain
Talus:
See"scree". Talus is made up of slightly larger pieces of
rock than scree.
Tarn:
A small alpine lake
Trail:
In the Coast Mountains this can mean pretty much any
route previously used by something with a heartbeat.
Traverse:
Crossing a slope at the same elevation.
Trundle:
Throwing rocks down a mountain. Sort of fun, but not
cool.
Waypoint:
A grid reference acquired using a GPS(Global
Positioning System)
2WD:
Two-wheel drive
4WD:
Four-wheel drive
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