noun
silvery, snow-capped mountain
Literary term evoking the image of a mountain peak covered in gleaming snow.
朝日に輝く銀嶺が美しい。
The silvery, snow-capped mountain shining in the morning sun is beautiful.
雪山 is a common word for a snowy mountain, while 銀嶺 is a poetic, literary term emphasizing the silvery gleam of snow.
Compound of 銀 (gin, 'silver') and 嶺 (rei, 'peak'), literally 'silver peak'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the image of a snow-covered mountain.