compacted

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Firn is partially compacted granular snow found near the upper portions of glaciers.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Way-marked pistes are generally protected by pre-emptive avalanche blasting, and their snow is flattened and compacted to further reduce the risk.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

These layers of ice holding dust, compacted for centuries, perhaps millennia, may be able to tell us about the atmosphere, temperatures and snowfalls deep into the past.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Fill and soil are compacted onto the slab and topped with several layers of asphalt.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

Some lone hiker, even more impatient than I, had pushed through ahead of us and compacted the snow a little, which helped.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson