snowcapped peaks
White-crowned mountain tops
Snowcapped peaks are mountain summits covered with snow, typically year-round.
The phrase evokes alpine scenery and appears frequently in travel writing and nature descriptions: The snowcapped peaks of the Rockies rose in the distance.
Also spelled snow-capped.
- fresh powderNewly fallen, uncompacted snow
- mountain rangesExtended series of peaks
- mountain goatsCliff-dwelling hooved mammals
- summitsHighest elevations or conferences
- summit feverDangerous urge to reach top
mountain pass · skiing · adventure · solitude · frost · glaciers · snowboarding · ski resort · base camp · majesty · ridges · thin air · marmots · tree line · blizzards · pilgrimage · mountain air · avalanches
- Canadian RockiesBanff, Jasper, Lake Louise, Three Sisters, Continental Divide
- Bolivian AndesBolivia, La Paz, altiplano, Andes Mountains, salt flats
- Pacific NorthwestAlaska, Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
- Western Terrainplains, prairies, valleys, ridges, buttes
- German landscapesBlack Forest, Bavaria, Bavarian Alps, Teutoburg Forest, Franconia
elevation and terrain
snowcapped peaksvalley floor
Bottom of depression between hills
lowlands · valley floors · flatlands · sea level · plains
snow, capped, peak, snowy, snowed, snowing, snowfall, snowflake, snowstorm