icefall

[ ahys-fawl ]

/ ˈaɪsˌfɔl /

a jumbled mass of ice in a glacier.

a mass of ice overhanging a precipice.

a falling of ice from a glacier, iceberg, etc.

Origin of icefall

First recorded in 1810–20; ice + fall

Sadly one Sherpa, from another team, has now been killed in the Icefall.

One Sherpa Killed, Another Breaks Back as Harry's Everest Climbers Turn Back |Tom Sykes |May 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Coming back through the Icefall on Friday the boys missed two rock falls by no more than three minutes.

One Sherpa Killed, Another Breaks Back as Harry's Everest Climbers Turn Back |Tom Sykes |May 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Some way up or by the side of the icefall of the Lobbia Glacier is yet to be found, but is probably possible.

Italian Alps |Douglas William Freshfield
It seemed best to climb the rocks and avoid complications in the icefall.

Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 |Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

In ten minutes we came to another corridor like the first, which brought us out above the icefall.

Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 |Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
Changed "icefall" to "ice-fall" on page xxvi: "part of ice-fall."

The Glaciers of the Alps |John Tyndall
Even as we entered the icefall our feet had occasionally broken the crust; as we came out of it we were stamping a trail.

Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 |Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

icefall

/ (ˈaɪsˌfɔːl) /

a very steep part of a glacier that has deep crevasses and resembles a frozen waterfall