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
Tao Mountain camp. There is also another path that directly goes up to Tao Shan, which starts from Tao Shan waterfall park. Tao Mountain Taoshan (),Tao Mountain is mountain located in the north of the Wuling Farm and is one of Snow Mountains group. The mountain is ranked no No. 44 in Taiwan hicking declination scale; Borders with Ridge Jianshi, Hsinchu County, Taichung City, Heping District, Marked with Peakpoint label no. 6327. In Atayal language (local tribe) the mountain is known as "Babo Kaba", meaning "fist Hill". In Chinese the name translates as "Peach" mountain, due to the view from southwest side.