fall line n.— «Last month, Disney’s Buena Vista Games named Scott Novis vp and general manager of Fall Line (a snowboarding term meaning “the most direct path down the mountain”).» —“Wii Ambitions at Buena Vista...
death cookie n.— «On any given day, the top of the mountain can be littered with the frozen snowballs called death cookies.» —“Great Day At Alyeska Is Best Ski Day Departing Alaskan Ever Had” by Craig Medred Anchorage...
muni n.— «Windsurfing somehow led to last summer’s project of learning how to ride a unicycle (to raise the cool factor, I bought a mountain unicycle, or “muni,” as it’s called).» —“Above the lawn, walking the...
sky island n. an isolated ecosystem occurring at a high altitude, such as on a mountain top, which shows evolutionary tendencies similar to those occurring on islands surrounded by water. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
sky island n.— «From a parched sea of desert in southeastern Arizona, Mt. Graham rises 2 miles to a crested summit above the clouds. Isolated in time and space for 11,000 years, the mountain is what biologists call a sky island, “a...
snack TV n.— «The content of YouTube (and Guba, Veoh and an army of imitators) includes home movies and viral (emailed) videos, amateur comedy and drama, short films, music videos and a mountain of copyright-breaching clips from well...