Snow gliding on a south-facing slope covered with larch trees

Table 4 Maximal glide rates (millimetres per hour) on six different measuring locations of the experimental site in the Stubaital (1992/1993 to 1999/2000)

	1992/1993	1994/1995	1995/1996	1996/1997	1997/1998	1998/1999	1999/2000
Open slope (1)	122	–^a	44	–^a	2	2	30
Open forest (2)	2	–^a	2	2	5	2	2
Dense forest (3)	3	–^a	2	1	2	2	2
Small clearing (4)	39	–^a	4	2	2	3	4
Boundary of large clearing (5)	39	–^a	4	3	2	4	28
Centre of large clearing (6)	81	–^a	21	2	2	2	5

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