The snow was now no longer in the same condition as in the early morning, the heat, though temperate, being sufficient to soften the crust, and render walking very laborious; and as we reached the top of the incline, where the expedition nearly came to an abrupt termination, and down which we had expected to glissade, we found the snow so soft that we sank in it to the knee and occasionally to the waist.
"An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc"
W. H. Le Mesurier
I tried the gentler tone of grave argument, demonstrating that a glissade on shingles in dry weather was next to impossible, and that the ridge, once gained, was nearly as safe traveling as an ordinary mountain-path.
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence
Just in the middle the boys had swept a path on the ice to make a glissade.
"My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879"
Mary King Waddington