steep rock
Example Sentences
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The entire mountain was shut down to search for the escapee, with hundreds of state officers scouring its steep rock faces, which were at times layered with thick snow.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
The route involves navigating steep rock, ice and snow, the park said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024
In 1972, the community of Naters blasted a path into a steep rock face to offer the herders and sheep an alternative way home.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
At Gardiner Pass, we descended from a fragrant pine forest into steep rock piles smeared with snow.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023
Early that morning, when Beidleman had encountered Lopsang on the Balcony, vomiting between his knees into the snow, he’d taken the Sherpa’s two coils of rope to fix on the steep rock steps above.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
