icefalls in English

noun
1
a steep part of a glacier that looks like a frozen waterfall.
The glaciers, the icefalls , the three summits - we can see none of it.
2
a fall of loose ice; an avalanche of ice.
This is usually attributed to objective dangers - unpredictable acts of God, such as avalanches, icefalls , rockfall, and horrid weather.

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