The Hiker s Dictionary A Glossary Of The Most Important Hiking Terms
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Once a month, we’ll send you a curated list of stories, tips, nutrition, and more.Thank you for the subscribeOops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.> <> - Devers : Not to be confused with the height-difference. The devers represents the tilt angle of a vertical wall. We talk of devers when the angle between the ground and the wall is acute. - Adret and Ubac : Adrewt indicates the slope of a valley receiving the longest exposure to sunlight. On the contrary, Ubac indicates the opposite slope. - Upstream and Downstream : The terms upstream and downstream are very useful to orientate oneself. On a path between a hill and a valley, for example, UPstream indicates the part that goes UP to the mountainl, while DOWNstream indicates the part that goes DOWN to the valley. - Firn : A firn is an isolated area with persistent snow (it's possible to find firns even during summer). Firns are generally due to locations which do not receive much sun. Not to be confused with eternal snow. - Eternal snows : (also known as "nival stages") are essentially mountain peaks that have a period of receiving snow which is longer than the melting period. Due to several factors (sunshine, atmospheric pressure...) precipitation in this area is largely in the form of snow which keeps the peaks snowy. These snows are not really "eternal" but repeated! - Glacier : Mass of ice resulting from the accumulation of snow layers. The glacier is formed of several parts: bergschrungs, moraine, seracs... - Bergschrung : a bergschrung is the crack generally produced on the edges of the glacier, between the ice and the environment where the glacier is located (usually a rock tongue). it is produced by the movements of the glacier. - Moraine : A moraine is the accumulation of rock debris carried by the movement of the glacier. - Serac : Large block of ice, partially detached by the glacier. Seracs are produced by the cracking of a glacier. - Chute : Very narrow corridor of snow or ice that is collected, often formed in dihedrals (a dihedral being the area where two rock sections meet to form an acute angle). - Circus : name given to a mountain with a circular or semi-circular (arena-like) shape. This may be the result of erosion, or indicate the presence of an ancient volcano or glacier at this location. - Corniche : Snow formation accumulated by the wind on a ridge. This often forms a balcony of self-ported snow protruding from the stop, the falling of which may represent a danger - Flake : Rocky plot detaching from a wall. - Lapiaz : specific geological formation with limestone rocks, which forms when runoff rainwater hollows the rock. These courses can be dangerous while hiking, because you can end up walking on rock trays with a heterogeneous surface (moreover often sharp). In winter, the rock holes are covered with snow and therefore invisible, you'd better avoid this type of terrain.
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