mountain slopes
Where skiers descend
The sides of a mountain, the inclined surfaces that rise toward the peak.
Mountain slopes vary in steepness and character—gentle lower slopes may be forested while upper slopes turn rocky and bare.
Ski resorts develop their mountain slopes with trails of varying difficulty.
Vineyards cling to the mountain slopes above the valley.
- screeLoose rock debris
- gradientRate of change across space
- talusAnkle's main bone
- rocky outcropsExposed stone formations
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
rain shadow · tree line · thin air · erosion · hiking trails · ski runs · black diamond · avalanche zone · snowline · ridgeline · wildlife corridors · contour lines · base camp · endemic species · microclimate · aspect · watershed · foothills
- bear habitatsboreal forest, taiga, den, coniferous forest, pine forest
- mountain featurespeaks, peak, ridges, summit, slopes
- mountain forestscloud forest, Black Forest, Great Smoky Mountains
- Hermanuswhale watching, cliff path, harbor area, coastal cliffs
- foresttrees, pine, oak, woods, wood
- MediterraneanMediterranean Sea, olive grove, olive tree, olive, Aegean Sea
mountain slopesvalley floor
Bottom of depression between hills
flatlands · level ground · lowlands · prairies · plains
mountain slopesmountain summit
Highest elevation point
peak · mountaintop · mountain top · summit · alpine peak