Snow cornice even being on the snow on top of rock exposes the alpinist to hazard in this situation. The best practice in mountaineering is to stay far enough back from the edge so as not to be able to see the drop, as an approximate metric of exposure. In avalanche safety, cornices are a high avalanche danger as they often break and trigger larger avalanches that permeate several snow layers. Cornices are particularly vulnerable to collapse during periods of solar warming. Snow cornice A snow cornice or simply cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is an overhanging edge of snow
Snow King Mountain under Snow King Resort, with Manuel Lopez as general manager. In 1978, the Alpine Slide was installed to bring in summer tourists. In September 2012, the Snow King Hotel and Grand View Lodge properties were sold to JMI Equity, leaving the Town Hill as its own business entity. In the summer of 2015, Doppelmayr built the new Rafferty fixed-grip quad chairlift. Snow King Mountain Snow King Mountain Resort is a ski area and summertime activity center in the western United States, located in Jackson, Wyoming. Also called The King, it is Jackson's original ski hill, founded in 1939 and located