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Snowy Peak
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Snow Peak or snowpeak may refer to: Places * the English name for Piton des Neiges, a volcano on Réunion * Snow Peak (Alberta), Canada; a mountain * Snow Peak (Antarctica); a mountain * Snow Peak Wildlife Management Area, Idaho, USA * Snow Peak (Oregon), a summit in the Cascade Range southwest of Salem and east of Lebanon Other uses * A snow field capped mountain * Snow cornice * Snow Peak (company) a Japanese company that sells lightweight camping and hiking equipment See also * * * Snow Mountain * Mount Snow * Glacial maximum * Icepeak (other) * Snow cap (other) * Snow (other) Snow is precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice. Snow may also refer to: Places * Snow, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States *Snow, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community in the United States * Snow Lake (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piton Des Neiges
The Piton des Neiges (Snow Peak) is a massive 3,069 m (10,069 ft) shield volcano on Réunion, one of the French volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is located about east of Madagascar. Piton des Neiges is the highest point on Réunion and is considered to be the highest point in the Indian Ocean. The volcano was formed by the Réunion hotspot and emerged from the sea about two million years ago. Now deeply eroded, the volcano has been inactive for 20,000 years and is surrounded by three massive crater valleys, the Cirques. Piton des Neiges forms the northwestern two thirds of Réunion, with the very active Piton de la Fournaise comprising the rest. As its name suggests, snow is occasionally seen on its summit in winter. The volcanic island is considered to be about three million years old (Pliocene); the other two islands in the archipelago, Mauritius and Rodrigues, are 7.8 million (Miocene) and 1 million (Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Peak (Alberta)
Snow Peak is a mountain summit in the Spray Mountains, a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. The mountain is situated on the shared border of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park with Banff National Park. The nearest higher peak is Mount Birdwood, to the northeast. The mountain is primarily used for hiking. Geology Snow Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Climate Based on the Köppen climate classification, Snow Peak is located in a subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ... with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Peak (Antarctica)
Snow Peak is a snow-covered peak rising to 428 m in western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked by a saddle to Casanovas Peak in the west, and surmounts Berkovitsa Glacier to the northwest, Fletcher Nunatak and Belev Nunatak to the northeast, Tundzha Glacier to the east and Verila Glacier to the southwest. The feature was charted and named descriptively by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1935. Location The peak is located at which is 12.89 km northeast of Rotch Dome, 2.83 km east of Casanovas Peak, 2.92 km southwest of Avitohol Point and 7.04 km north-northwest of Ustra Peak Ustra Peak ( bg, връх Устра, vrah Ustra, ) is a rocky peak of 195 m on the coast of Walker Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak was named after the medieval Bulgarian fortress of Ustra in the Easte ... (British mapping in 1935 and 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009). Maps * L.L. Ivanov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Peak Wildlife Management Area
Snow Peak Wildlife Management Area at is an Idaho wildlife management area in Shoshone County. The WMA consists of of Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) lands acquired from Plum Creek Timber in 1989 and of lands on St. Joe National Forest that are cooperatively managed by the IDFG and U.S. Forest Service. Elevations in the WMA range from to on Snow Peak. Snow Peak has significant populations of mountain goats and elk The elk (''Cervus canadensis''), also known as the wapiti, is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The common ... as well as other species less common in Idaho, such as pileated woodpeckers and northern goshawks. References {{Protected Areas of Idaho Protected areas established in 1989 Protected areas of Shoshone County, Idaho Wildlife management areas of Idaho 1989 establishments in Idaho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Peak (Oregon)
Snow Peak (also called Cleveland Rock) is a summit of the Oregon Cascades in the Willamette National Forest. It is located in an undeveloped area with only primitive road access. Fire lookout A fire lookout was present on Snow Peak from August 1912—when a telephone line was installed. A lookout house was built in 1923, and then rebuilt or expanded in 1929. Newspapers and magazines were traditionally delivered to the fire lookout by pack burro, but on August 10, 1939, they were delivered by an accurate airdrop. On the last day of a quiet fire season, September 16, 1948, the lookout itself caught on fire when the departing observer cleaned up and put last of the trash in the stove as he left. The roof burned and fire's heat broke the windows. The Columbus Day Storm of October 1962 damaged the lookout, which was replaced by a new structure that cost $3500 in 1965 (equivalent $ today.). The structure lasted until April 1980 when the remains of the station were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Field
A snow field, snowfield or neve is an accumulation of permanent snow and ice, typically found above the snow line, normally in mountainous and glacial terrain. Glaciers originate in snowfields. The lower end of a glacier is usually free from snow and névé in summer. In the upper end and above the upper boundary of a glacier, the snow field is an ice field An ice field (also spelled icefield) is a mass of interconnected valley glaciers (also called mountain glaciers or alpine glaciers) on a mountain mass with protruding rock ridges or summits. They are often found in the colder climates and highe ... covered with snow. The glacier upper boundary, where it emerges from under a snow field, is ill-defined because of gradual transition.Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904) "Geology"p. 258 References Bodies of ice Landforms {{glaciology-stub it:Formazioni nevose perenni#Nevaio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Cornice
A snow cornice or simply cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is an overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies. Formation A snow cornice forms by wind blowing snow over sharp terrain breaks (e.g. the crest of the mountain) where it attaches and builds out horizontally. This build-up is most common on the steeper and leeward sides of mountains. Cornices are extremely dangerous and travelling above or below them should be avoided. When a cornice ''collapses'', it breaks in from the cornice to the top of the peak; even being on the snow on top of rock exposes the alpinist to hazard in this situation. The best practice in mountaineering is to stay far enough back from the edge so as not to be able to see the drop, as an approximate metric of exposure. Interview und Bilder zum Unglück In avalanche safety, cornices are a high avalanche danger as they often break and trigger larger avalanches that permeate several snow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Peak (company)
is a Japanese manufacturer of Luxury goods, high-end camping and hiking equipment. The company's name has been rendered in Sino-Japanese vocabulary, ''kango'' form as , and fans have abbreviated it as . History Snow Peak was founded by Yamai Yukio in 1958 as a local forge under the name . The company's first foray into outdoor equipment were experimental models of crampons and pitons made of inox steel and titanium. The "Snow Peak" brand name was established in 1963, the peak in question being Mount Tanigawa, a popular destination for Japanese Mountaineering, mountaineers. Snow Peak sells isobutane fuel under the brand. In 2017, the portable prefabricated home designed by Snow Peak in collaboration with Kuma Kengo won the Japan Institute of Design Promotion's Good Design Award (Japan), Good Design Award. Notable products * ''SCS-101'' - aluminium ultralight mess tin in the shape of a traditional ''magewappa'' box. Capable of fitting one standard-diameter isobutane canist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Mountain
There are various mountains called Snow Mountain in the United States: See also * Snow Mountain Wilderness, California * Mount Snow, Vermont, United States * Snow Peak (other) * Ice Mountain (other) * An annual winter-long snow tubing event at Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia * Schneeberg (Alps) The Schneeberg, with its high summit ''Klosterwappen'', is the highest mountain of Lower Austria, and the easternmost and northernmost mountain in the Alps to exceed 2000 m. It is a distinctive limestone massif with steep slopes on three si ... ("Snow Mountain" in German), a mountain in eastern Austria * Xueshan ("Snow Mountain" in Chinese), the second highest mountain in Taiwan {{Mountainindex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Snow
Mount Snow (previously known as Mount Pisgah) is a mountain and ski resort in southern Vermont located in the Green Mountains. It is Vermont's southernmost big mountain, and therefore, closest to many Northeast metropolitan areas. In September 2019, Mount Snow joined Vail Resorts' portfolio of 37 resorts and its Epic Pass, along with all other 16 resorts owned by Peak Resorts Mount Snow is home to Carinthia Parks, which debuted in the 2008–2009 season. Carinthia is home to ten terrain parks, with both natural and man-made features and a superpipe. Mount Snow was co-host of the first Extreme Games in 1995 and host of the X Games in 2000 and 2001. Carinthia at Mount Snow claimed home to the second stop of the first annual winter Dew Tour as well as many other events including the Freeski Open and Carinthia Classic. In the summer of 2011, Mount Snow installed a brand new Leitner-Poma high-speed detachable six-pack bubble chair. This lift transports skiers to the top of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glacial Maximum
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and greenhouse periods, during which there are no glaciers on the planet. Earth is currently in the Quaternary glaciation. Individual pulses of cold climate within an ice age are termed ''glacial periods'' (or, alternatively, ''glacials, glaciations, glacial stages, stadials, stades'', or colloquially, ''ice ages''), and intermittent warm periods within an ice age are called ''interglacials'' or ''interstadials''. In glaciology, ''ice age'' implies the presence of extensive ice sheets in both northern and southern hemispheres. By this definition, Earth is currently in an interglacial period—the Holocene. The amount of anthropogenic greenhouse gases emitted into Earth's oceans and atmosphere is predicted to prevent the next glacial period for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icepeak (other)
Icepeak may refer to: * Ice Peak, a stratovolcano in British Columbia, Canada * Ice Peak (soft drink) Ice Peak () is a brand of orange flavored soda produced by Xi'an Futian Foods in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. It is usually consumed with other Shaanxi specialties such as paomo or youpo noodles. Combined with roujiamo sandwich and liangpi ..., a soft drink from Xi'an, China * IC3PEAK, a Russian experimental electronic band See also * Glacial maximum * Ice Mountain (other) * Icecap (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
