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switchback
a mountain road, railway, or track which rises and falls sharply many times or a sharp rise and fall on such a road, railway, or track
switchback [′swich‚bak]
(mining engineering)
A zigzag arrangement of railroad tracks by means of which a train can reach a higher or lower level by a succession of easy grades.
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Take the uphill fork, switchbacking to the broad, brushy summit.
Stroll into hiking season on Tire Mountain by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
So visitors routinely climb the switchbacking road to the summit, pause briefly at an observation deck - peering out over the moonscape and the cinder cones of Ka Luu o ka Oo, Kamaolii and Puu o Maui - and beat it back down the mountain to a lounge chair, a mai tai and an ocean view.
Maui park offers up view of primeval wonders HAWAII: Trek to the ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
You're facing the high, switchbacking Nantlle Ridge.
Beddgelert forest and Snowdon views; days out weekend walk by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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