lcarreau - May 26, 2008 9:35 pm - Voted 10/10
Very impressive!Is "The Wall" climbed in the summer,
after the snow and ice has melted? Do
you know of any 'glaciers' in this area?
In the entire range of the most beautiful
High Tatras, how many glaciers are there
to be found? Thank you, Tomas. -Larry
Tomas Kristofory - May 27, 2008 7:49 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Very impressive!Hi Larry, the SW wall of Volia veža is mostly climbed in summer. Most of it is vertical or overhanging, and thus there is no snow there neither in winter. There are no recent glaciers in High Tatras. However, there are some snowfields, that last all the year round. Such snowfields were examinated whether they were glaciers actually with negative answer. Glaciologists found out that the snow line (altitude above what there is steady snow or glaciers) is in High Tatras somewhere about 2700 metres. No peak reach that mark. They tell this because of subnival flora growing in summit regions of highest peaks. Next level to subnival is nival, ie. steady snowfields or glaciers. Cheers, Tomas :)
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