Definition of Headwall. Meaning of Headwall. Synonyms of Headwall

- In physical geography and geology, the headwall of a glacial cirque is its highest cliff. The term has been more broadly used to describe similar geomorphic...
- surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs. The highest cliff is often called a headwall. The fourth side forms the lip, threshold or sill, the side at which the...
- Headwall Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area....
- Pinkham Notch Visitors Center operated by the Appalachian Mountain Club. The headwall was first run by two Dartmouth students, John Carleton and Charles Proctor...
- The Headwall Lakes are in a valley south-east of Mount Chester in Kananaskis Country in Alberta, Canada. They can be accessed from the Smith-Dorrien /...
- ravines, Oakes Gulf, and the Great Gulf), it has the steepest and highest headwall.[citation needed] Only one hiking trail ascends Huntington Ravine toward...
- cause for headwall steepening and extension headward is the crev****es known as bergschrund that occur between the moving ice and the headwall. Plucking...
- (7,500 ft) above the summit. A substantial crev****e along most of the headwall leading to the summit ridge has sometimes caused teams to turn back. In...
- "schussed" (skied straight downhill without turning) the steep and infamous Headwall. His time for the 4-mile (6.4 km) race was 6 minutes 29.2 seconds, with...
- extremely challenging and dangerous Victory Ridge, Rusk Glacier Headwall, and Wilson Glacier Headwall routes up Roosevelt Cliff. While the summit is the main...