snow-capped summits
Icy mountain tops
Mountain peaks covered with snow, typically permanently or for most of the year.
The phrase evokes alpine grandeur—distant peaks white against blue sky: We could see the snow-capped summits of the Rockies from the highway.
Often used in travel writing and nature descriptions to suggest pristine wilderness or majestic scenery.
- mountain rangesExtended series of peaks
- lichenSymbiotic rock dweller
- glaciersSlow-moving ice masses
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- high altitudeGreat distance upward
thin air · peaks · cirques · mosses · blizzards · subzero temperatures · tree line · ridgelines · ibexes · snow leopards · majesty · solitude · remote wilderness · ice caps · marmots · ptarmigans · transcendence · inspiration
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Low terrain between heights
ocean depths · sea level · deep trenches · lowlands · ocean trenches
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