snow cap
Mountain's frozen crown
A snow cap is a covering of snow on a mountaintop or other peak, typically permanent or long-lasting: The snow caps on the Rockies were visible from miles away.
The term also describes a small white-crowned hummingbird native to Central America.
As two words, a snow cap can be any cap-like layer of snow.
- alpineOf high elevations
- mountain peakTopmost point of elevation
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- glacial iceCompressed snow becoming solid
- mountaintopSummit of a peak
snowline · Kilimanjaro · summit · peak · permafrost · permanent · avalanche · rime · fresh powder · serac · snowcover · crater rim · white · ice · powder · volcanic cones · glistening · frozen
- summitpeak, mountaintop, summit views, distant peaks, panorama
- KilimanjaroMount Kilimanjaro, trekking, climbing, glaciers, ice fields
- Mount Fujisummit, crater, lava, volcanic rock, alpine zone
- mountain scenerypeak, summit, ridge, cliff edge, canyon rim
- shave icesyrup, paper cone, rainbow, spoon straw, strawberry
- mountainsmountain, peaks, peak, summit, summits
snow capvalley floor
Bottom of depression between hills
lowland · sea level · plain · depression · base camp
snow capdesert
To leave behind completely
volcanic crater · scorched earth · tropical rainforest · arid zone · tropical zone
cap, snow, cape, captain, recap, snowflake, capped, snowfall, kneecap