glissade

But the body found Monday was a bit south of the spot where hikers typically glissade — on a steep, icy section of trail known as the 99 Switchbacks, according to Stine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

From hiking a few miles to learning how to use an ice ax and glissade down a mountain, we trained and grew stronger together to ultimately reach the summit.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022

She went to see Lauren Anderson — one of the first black ballerinas to become a principal dancer in a major company — glissade across the stage at the Houston Ballet.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2018

You reverse what you tried for going up and aim for the sandiest places in order to glissade down.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2014

It was pouring downward—pouring itself downward—in a glorious, relentless glissade over the meadow slopes on a straight path for the village.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

But as I glissaded down the slope, it seemed to me also that a part of him might be pleased by our gesture, simply as an indication that his books had gotten read.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2014

Then slipping, feet foremost off the ledge, he glissaded down on his back, bending his knees at the exact moment when his feet thudded heavily on to the sand.

From The Mistress of Shenstone by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay

Notwithstanding this, they had boldly glissaded down the Couloir du Lion, J. J. Carrel having his shoeless foot tied up in a pocket handkerchief.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper

We glissaded down a steep blue ice slope; to brake was impossible, for the sledge had taken charge.

From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans

He glissaded from, the austere altitudes of his self-respect, and his next words were already disingenuous.

From Love and Mr. Lewisham by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

At about 7 a.m., around 300 dancers — boys and girls, men and women — took turns glissading across the concrete at 44th Street and Seventh Avenue, which was transformed into a scene from “Fame.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2019

Now they can, on a U.S. tour with the Ice Capades, which features the pair glissading and grinning all the way.

From Time Magazine Archive

They roll out a cake for the dancing duos, who pucker up and blow out the candles before glissading into a waltz.

From Time Magazine Archive

Small boys and girls amuse themselves with glissading down the steep grassy slopes.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

How lucky we have my glissading marks to guide us.

From The Mistress of Shenstone by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay