Workshop I of the IPA Action Group Rock glacier inventories and kinematics took place from 23 to 27 September 2019 in Evolène (Switzerland). It was mainly devoted to the definition of standard guidelines for inventorying rock glaciers and was a combination of excursions to various types of rock glaciers and discussion sessions.

The workshop was sponsored by the International Permafrost Association (IPA), the Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg (UniFR), the Interdisciplinary Mountain Research Center (CIRM), University of Lausanne (UniL), the Association Française du Périglaciaire (AFdP) and the EDYTEM Lab, CNRS / University of Savoie Mont-Blanc (through the POIA PermaRisk project cofunded by FEDER).

See here the post-workshop report.

  • Program

    Sunday 22 September

    First arrivals since 12h00

    19h30 Dinner

    20h30 Welcome and introduction to Excursion I

    Monday 23 September

    07h30 - 14h30 Excursion I – Tsarmine rock glacier

    16h30 - 19h00 Workshop opening session (at the Cinema room, Evolène main street)

    Tuesday-Wednesday 24-25 September (main alternative 25-26 September)

    07h15 (Tuesday) -> 17h00 (Wednesday) - Excursion II – Réchy/Becs-de-Bosson and Lona - Starting/arrival point (parking A Vieille) - (1st group at 8h00 – 2nd group at 9h00)

    18h30 (Wednesday) Feedback on excursions I and II

    19h30 (Wednesday) Dinner

    Thursday 26 September (main alternative 24 September)

    08h15 - 18h00 Discussion sessions (alternating common and working sessions in smaller groups)

    Friday 27 September

    08h15 - 12h00 Discussion session (alternating common and working sessions in smaller groups)

    13h30 - 15h00 Workshop closing session (at the Cinema room, Evolène main street)

     

  • Excursions

    The excursions aim to visit rock glaciers of various types. 

    Excursion I is a steep ascent of 800 m height difference (about 2.5 hours for the way up) to the front of the very active Tsarmine rock glacier and the coalescent Perroc landslide.

    Excursion II will lead the participant towards a collection of relict to very active rock glaciers, for some of them having been in interaction with local glaciers during the Little Ice Age. We will visit in particular the Becs-de-Bosson, Tsavolire and Lona rock glaciers. Overnight at the Becs-de-Bosson alpine hut at 2985 m asl. Effective walking time of about 5-6 hours per day is to be expected.

     

    See General Outline of Workshop I for more information regarding excursions.

     

  • Venue

    Evolène is a small village in the heart of the Swiss Alps, which is accessible (Evolène, village) by public transportation (cff.ch) in about 3-4 hours from the airports of Zurich (Zürich Flughafen), Geneva (Genève-Aéroport), Basel (Basel EuroAirport) or Milano (Malpensa aeroporto).

  • Registration

    The registration to the Workshop I in Evolène is closed.

     

     

  • Organization committee

    Local Organization Team

    Reynald Delaloye, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (chair of the Action Group)

    Maria Winterberger, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    Christophe Lambiel, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    Thomas Echelard, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and University of Grenoble, France

    Chloé Barboux, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

  • Scientific Committee

    Reynald Delaloye, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (chair of the Action Group)

    Xavier Bodin, University of Savoie Mont-Blanc, France

    Francesco Brardinoni, University of Bologna, Italy

    Christophe Lambiel, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    Thomas Echelard, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and University of Grenoble, France

    Chloé Barboux, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

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