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or chute overhead; a route which exists on a face will usually be quickly perceivable and one of the safest on the mountain. Ledges are necessary breaks on any face, welcome as long as they are neither concealed too heavily with snow, nor too sloping and covered with loose, rolling scree. The pass, saddle, col, and notch.—In general usage the pass is lowest and broadest; the notch is the other extreme. Any of the forms of passes may be the goal of a ski mountaineer who is seeking a route through a region rather than to the top of it. The dangers inherent in the chute, face, and ridge end here, but rarely, in high mountains, without a final battle with a cornice and the wind that made it. |
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