Now I know what I was looking at back in September. I found your information on rock glaciers very interesting. I must admit all I could see at the time was a pile of grey,drab- looking mud. Your info on how they are formed and the difference between rock glaciers and ice glaciers gave me a much better perspective.By the way, talus is a latin word meaning hook or claw, thus the word talon, and it also refers to the ankle. So maybe you have a toe and an ankle in a rock glacier.
Just thought I’d toss that in.

Cheers, Dad

Yeah, rock glaciers are very cool. This was the one we flew over right before getting back in to McCarthy, out your window of the plane.

“Talos” was also a Greek Mythology figure, a giant rock thrower. I’m guessing that’s the root of the word ‘talus’ for rock piles.

Cheers

Carl