In both cases the snow cap, not the rock head, was measured.
The snow cap was blowing, giving the summit a misty collar.
Sweetened condensed milk drizzled over the top is sometimes called a "snow cap."
From pictures I see that everything still looks green (well, yellowish-green) in June and just mountains get snow caps.
The polar worm broke through the snow cap and reared, towering over them.
Then the entire side of the mountain's snow cap fell.
Once the glacier had an even snow cap on all sides.
Beyond those ridge lines, even higher peaks rose dark against the blue sky except where their tops shone with snow caps.
December through February, the temperature does not rise above 0 C, and the snow cap grows larger.
One of the most famous themes of the limestone-clad tower is a mountain with a snow cap.
