steep terrain
Dramatically sloping ground
Steep terrain is ground with a sharp incline—hillsides, mountain slopes, or cliffs where the angle makes travel difficult.
The phrase appears in hiking guides, military contexts, and geography: The trail crosses steep terrain above the treeline.
Vehicles and hikers both struggle with steep terrain, where footing is uncertain and gravity works against you.
- cliffVertical rock wall
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
- inclineAngled rising surface
- mountainTall natural landmass
- ruggedTough and uneven
treacherous · death defying · scramble · vertical climb · ascent · descent · rocky · precipice · rock face · gradient · hiking · switchback · foothold · ravine · crag · bluff · vertiginous · climbing
- black diamond skiingmoguls, double black, double black diamond, headwall
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- skiingskiing, ski, ski resort, ski slope, ski slopes
- mountain hikingmountain trails, summit trail, ridgeline, trailhead, trail map
- mountain terrainpeak, ridge, slope, gorge, pass
- outdoor hazardsbears, heatstroke, snakes, blisters, sunburn
steep terrainflat ground
Terrain without slopes
level ground · flat terrain · flatlands · plains · gentle slope
steep terrainopen terrain
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