Comments on: Day One – First Turns of the Season (14 Oct 2014)

By: Brittany Walker Konsella

Brittany Walker Konsella — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 00:39:03 +0000

In reply to Mike Records. Très drôle, Mike!

By: Mike Records

Mike Records — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 00:04:47 +0000

I talked to the geologist in our office about it, he doesn’t know a name for that particular thing, nor is he sure if there is one. But, if there is, he’s sure its a French word 😉

By: Mike Records

Mike Records — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:30:29 +0000

That’s a good point. I guess I was generalizing, the fan isn’t just the hollowed out part, but really the apron as a whole. The hollowed out part is just evidence of the erosion that produced the fan. I wonder what the geologic term is for the rock chute in particular! 🙂

By: Brittany Walker Konsella

Brittany Walker Konsella — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:18:54 +0000

In reply to Mike Records.

But, I just looked it up, and the formation we found is not a “fan” shape really. It’s eroded into a sort-of “rock chute”… where the rocks are pushed to either side and there is a hollowed out part in the center (like short half pipe). Snow filled in there due to it’s concavity. Hence, the good skiing.

By: Brittany Walker Konsella

Brittany Walker Konsella — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:15:36 +0000

In reply to Mike Records. Ah! I knew someone would know the name for that sort of thing ;) Thanks Mike!

By: Mike Records

Mike Records — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:25:37 +0000

Looks like fun, way to go! I think that is actually a colluvial fan rather than a moraine.