Behind them rose the snow- crested peaks of the Sawtooth Mountains, like frosted spires against an amber sky.

Around it, in the distance, rise silver crested peaks whose melting snow descends to it in ice-cold streams.

Even in the harbor, the water ran in white- crested peaks and slapped noisily at the stone and wood.

As Hansen piloted our little boat past a series of snow- crested peaks, he showed me the survival pack he had thrown on board.