- A
randkluft (from the
German for
marginal cleft/crev****e) or
rimaye (from the same
French IPA: [ʁimaj]) is the
headwall gap
between a
glacier or snowfield...
-
bergschrund is
distinct from a
randkluft (also
called rimaye),
which is a crev****e with one side
formed by rock. The
randkluft arises in part from the melting...
- If
enough rock
falls onto the glacier, it may
become a rock glacier.
Randklufts may form
beneath corrie glaciers as open
space between the ice and the...
- face. On 26 May 1890 he fell at the
upper end of the
icefield into the
randkluft and was
fatally injured.
Another small nameless snowfield is
located several...
- the Höllentalferner has to be negotiated.
Depending on the
season the
randkluft of the
glacier is a key
point on the way to the Klettersteig. Höllentalferner...
- so that
crampons are
required to
cross it. Even more
difficult is the
randkluft because the ice
retreats further and
further from the rock as it melts...
-
Flysch Gneiss (German Gneis)
Graben Horst Karst Loess (German: Löss)
Randkluft, gap
between the rock face and the side of the
glacier Rille (German:...
- When the rift
forms directly between ice and rock, the gap is
called a
randkluft. berm 1. A
level space, shelf, or
raised barrier separating two areas...
- the
climb and snow
bridges often allow a
simple crossing of the
gully (
Randkluft)
below the saddle. In late
summer and autumn, the
gully is wide and often...
- the
Western Sonntagskees, and
advanced up
several rocky ridges, with
randklufts and hollows, not
shown on the
contemporary Alpine Club map.
Finally they...
