scree

Example Sentences

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Above 13,000 feet, the trail disappears, turning the final push into a steep, tortuous slog up loose scree guided only by cairns — stone towers left by previous climbers to mark the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2023

They parked on the far edge of the outcrop, then continued on foot through a sloping scree field of glassy black stone until they reached a view of the mud flats to the east.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2023

The first four days featured very limited access points and the entire route required the “North Cascades’ finest bushwhacking,” glacier travel, snowfields, scree, boulder and talus fields, and scrambling.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

To get there, we first had to descend along a trail that switchbacked down a sheer slope of unstable scree.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

He was with her now, peering into an abyss, and they saw how the scree plunged down through the cloud cover.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan