Aspect: | 340 ° |
Permafrost Thickness: | > 15 m |
Permafrost Zone: | Mountain |
Vegetation: | No vegetation. Sparse isolated alpine plants. |
Hydrology: | No surface water.
Thick winter snow cover, partly compacted by ski track preparation.
No glacier cover during Holocene. |
Landform: | Flattened area on edge of earth/ski track. Original landform: convex slope. |
Lithology: | Limestone debris. 0-2 m: small and coarse debris, active layer; 2-4.8 m: rock-ice mixture; 4.8-9.6 m: almost pure ice, or very ice-rich; 9.6-15 m: limestone/gneiss bedrock
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Morphology: | Moderatly active pebbly rock glacier, with small to medium sized blocks. |
Description: | On the side of an earth track used as ski track during winter. |