noun
Refers to the process or season when snow melts, often in spring.
雪解が進み、川の水かさが増した。
The snowmelt progressed and the river's water level rose.
noun
meltwater; water from melting snow
Specifically the water produced by melting snow.
雪解の冷たい水で顔を洗った。
I washed my face with the cold meltwater.
融雪 is a more technical term for snow melting, often used in engineering or formal contexts, while 雪解 is a common, everyday word.
Compound of 雪 (yuki, 'snow') and 解 (ge, 'melting, thawing'). The reading ゆきげ is a straightforward combination of the kun'yomi of 雪 and the on'yomi of 解.