Snowfields

A group of three snowboarders, plus a fourth one who was on his own, went out of bounds late Sunday afternoon in an area known as the snowfields, a large section of ungroomed expert terrain on the backside of the mountain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The important thing is careful, rational planning, professionalism untainted by sentimental attachments to snowfields and icebergs and polar tribes who never pay taxes. ❋ Steve Himmer (2011)

I would imagine that the trout fishing is good even in the warmer months because of the melting snowfields and cold spings that feed it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After another hour of rigorous scrambling, we strapped on metal crampon spikes for the steepest part -- the summit block and its treacherous snowfields. ❋ James M. Clash (2010)

He gave up on the actual Arctic a long time ago, abandoned old childhood dreams of mushing across snowfields en route to the Pole, charging north into the wind on a mammoth icebreaker. ❋ Steve Himmer (2011)

Q: Dear Travel Section - My three-year-old grandson and I are planning an expedition to the glaciers, fjords and snowfields covered in Blade-Gazette travel features over the past decade. ❋ Peter Mandel (2011)

They were all Northern Hemisphere animals of prey arranged on a barren slab that resembled the unforgiving snowfields of winter. ❋ Malla Nunn (2010)

It used to be pure white and the two snowfields were joined as one. ❋ Jonathan Watts (2010)

"I remember those mountains," Keris said without enthusiasm, scorning the tiny swaths of shady snowfields as compared to the majesty, the vast perfection of his glacier. ❋ Matt Dennison (2010)

Some will be in deserts, some on snowfields, some wading out into warm lagoons -- anyplace with a good background. ❋ Unknown (2010)