cwm

Another favorite is “cwm,” a word without vowels that describes a geological formation.

Now, just one remains, lodged into a cwm west of Pico Humboldt.

With careful negotiation and navigation through the crevasse fields within the cwm we will collect snow samples at the surface and subsurface as well as make reflectivity measurements using a handheld spectrometer.

All three form what is called the western cwm - a wall of rock and ice that is part of the route to Everest.

He loved her hills and dales, her mountains and valleys, her alpine heights and cwms, or dells, with all the strong passion of a warm and generous heart.