Alpine tundra
Vegetation: stiff club moss and others, lichens, very small grasses and sedges, tussocks with taller vegetation – different species than other parts of the Yukon.
Landform:
Site is just north of the BC border with the Yukon, at a maximum of 1km from the BC border.
Frost shattered bedrock with sorted stripes and frost boils. Snow patches left on surrounding slopes at the beginning of August 2008. Located on the southeast side of a broad ridge, overlooking a u-shaped valley. Snow patches on northwest side of this same ridge.
Lithology:
Metamorphosed sedimentary. Minerals in area – Tungsten and Molybdonite.