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
We met along the steep scree wall between Torre Brunico and Colfosco when I asked Stephen, who had a GPS device on his backpack, how much higher we had to climb.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Finnish camouflage for the Arctic snow, scrub and scree likely had kept the Americans from even realizing the command post was there when they landed, Finnish commander Lt.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
She was annoyed that nobody asked her what a scree bed was.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
