Icewind Dale
The dale is a harsh, near-uninhabitable land that regularly plunges below freezing temperatures. Nights are especially long, and the region receives little sunlight, particularly during the severe winter months. It is home to only the most hardened of frontiersmen, pioneers, and barbarians. Beyond the sporadic dots of civilization dwells terrifying beasts and deadly monsters of the North.
Most folks traverse the dale by means of dogsled or by foot with the use of snowshoes. Yet some others prefer to ride atop axe beaks native to the region. Horses are rare, but not unheard of.
Geography
The dale is located south and east of the Trackless Sea, north of the Sword Coast and Spine of the World mountains, and west of the icy Reghed Glacier.
It is primarily accessible by the Northern Means, the road that extends north from the coastal city of Luskan.
Climate
Icewind Dale experiences freezing temperatures for much of the year. While kinder summer months range from 11 ℉ to 70 ℉ (–12 ℃ to 21 ℃), the temperature of the unforgiving winters dips as low as -40 ℉ (-40 ℃). While snowfall is relentless, much of it blows east to the nearby Reghed Glacier.
Fierce blizzards ravage the snowy wastelands of Icewind Dale and avalanches are regular occurrences within its mountainous regions.
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