Glissading is a controlled slide used to descend snow slopes. There is a standing, sitting, and crouching glissade. It is a quick way to get down a mountain.
Postholing is simply when you break through the snow and sink in a bit. It can be very tiresome when travel consists of postholing.
"....what is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen...." -Rene Daumel
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"....what is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen...." -Rene Daumel
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