crevasses

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Hikes to the top of Mount Cook, which towers over the Southern Alps running the length of the South Island, are difficult even for experienced climbers because of large crevasses and unpredictable weather.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

It’s best known for wide spine-tingling crevasses spanned by flimsy-looking aluminum ladders lashed together with rope.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Their branches grow in wildly unpredictable directions, and the trees’ gray, gnarled trunks are shot through with holes and crevasses large enough to hide a sleeping child.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024

Yet for decades, due to the risk of avalanches and hidden snow-lined crevasses, no research expedition had ever been able to reach the peak of Nevado Huascarán to collect these ancient records.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023

We were nearer the southern edge of the Gobrin Glacier than the map indicated, for we began to meet pressure-ice and crevasses on the second day of our turn southward.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin