Word of the Day: craggy

The word craggy has appeared in 79 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 3 in “See What California’s Record Snowpack Looks Like, Up Close” by Raymond Zhong:

Figuring out how much snow piles up in the Sierra each winter is critical. For a long time, officials and forecasters did this primarily by sticking long metal tubes into the snow and weighing the icy core caught inside. Today, these low-tech measurements still serve as an important baseline, but sensors mounted on low-flying airplanes provide a much more comprehensive picture.

…. For NOAA’s pilots, who must traverse craggy backcountry terrain while hugging the ground at 500 feet, a snow survey like Friday’s involves a good amount of adventurous flying. As they wound through the narrow valleys, the plane’s navigation system emitted a noisy flow of alerts offering to help them land — or avoid crashing into the mountain ahead.

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