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  • At the end of the slope he fell a thousand feet, and came down in the midst of a cloud of snow upon a snow-slope even steeper than the one above.

    The Door in the Wall, and other stories Herbert George 2006

  • We did not pause, and soon we were ascending a snow-slope, heading due east on the last lap of our long trail.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • We made our way to the snow-slope at the shoreward end of the spit, with the intention of digging a hole in the snow large enough to provide shelter for the party.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • Our path towards the whaling-stations led round the seaward end of the snouted glacier on the east side of the camp and up a snow-slope that appeared to lead to a pass in the great Allardyce Range, which runs north-west and south-east and forms the main backbone of South Georgia.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • I had satisfied myself, however, that we could reach a good snow-slope leading apparently to the inland ice.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • A working party started to dig a hole in the snow-slope about forty feet above sea-level with the object of providing a site for a camp.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • Not so Hut Point, which was surrounded by huge drifts: the verandah which we had built up as a stable was filled from floor to roof: there was no ice-foot to be seen, only a long snow-slope from the door to the sea-level.

    The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922

  • Then, at the top of a long snow-slope, steep at first, more gentle later, we stood and wondered.

    Once a Week 1919

  • At the end of the slope he fell a thousand feet, and came down in the midst of a cloud of snow upon a snow-slope even steeper than the one above.

    The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories Herbert George 1911

  • The dazzling snow-slope cut sharp against the sky.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

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