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: | Flat manmade area, on edge of a ski track and access road to chairlift station.
Original topography: smooth slope. |
Lithology: | Limestone debris. 0-2.2 m: small and coarse debris, active layer; 2.2-9.5 m: rock-ice mixture; 9.5-15 m: limestone/gneiss bedrock |
Morphology: | Smooth, moderately active rockglacier, with small to medium sized blocks |
Description: | On the side of an earth track used as ski track during winter. |