snowfield

Adjective modifier

• permanent: Summer skiing occurs on permanent snowfields at a handful of North American resorts.
• open: There are a combined 45 km of pisted runs; mostly on wide open snowfields.
• extensive: Their extensive snowfields produce meltwaters that supply a network of alpine rivers, lakes and wetlands that are a source of the River Nile.
• small: This is followed to a large crevasse in the upper face, which gives access to a small snowfield.
• large: Regarding weather, large snowfields, strong winds and major snowstorms are a possibility.
• main: The main snowfields comprise five separate areas of ice on the outer margins of Mount Puncak Jaya.