Fluted snow
Steep, strongly ribbed and gullied snow slopes produced by a combination of rime on the ribs and avalanching in the gullies. These slopes form the upper parts of the accumulation area of tropical and Himalayan glaciers.
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Fluted snow on the upper slopes of Nevado Chacraraju (6112 m), Peruvian Andes. Photo J. Alean, 1979. |