Comments on: Talus vs. Scree – What is the difference?

By: nate

nate — Thu, 15 May 2025 19:18:28 +0000

If I rather go down it, it’s scree. If I rather go up it, its talus

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 03:05:26 +0000

In reply to Wanderson MD. And the geology prof in the comments agrees with this article, too!

By: Wanderson MD

Wanderson MD — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:18:33 +0000

When I went to mountain ops school in SLC in 1970 as a Special Forces soldier, our Utah National Guard SF instructors all were full-time civilian guides and instructors as well. According to them, scree is loose smaller stony stuff, while talus is larger stuff you can hop across – though with some ankle-turning tippiness. So, if I were taking a geology test, I’d adapt. But deep down, I know the truth – the talus is part of your foot. Yeah, I’m a medical doctor.

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 17:43:28 +0000

In reply to steve case. I defer to the geology prof above. ;)

By: steve case

steve case — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:43:14 +0000

I got here because SCREE was the answer for Wordle and I never heard it before. I first encountered TALUS in geology 101 used as an adjective i.e., “talus cone” Used as a noun climbing the “Talus” or referring to an individual rock or stone sounds a bit off. But after reading about hiking, scree sounds like a proper word for trying to climb up a slope of small stones.

By: Sleep Deprived and Ecstatic on the Wind River High Route, an FKT Attempt – Renee Elsdon Jacobs

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:45:14 +0000

[…] kind of all started on the first night, when eating got really screwed up. Talus and difficult terrain required the use of all four limbs, so it was not possible to eat unless I […]

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:39:39 +0000

In reply to CM15072. Thanks for stopping by, and appreciate the input!

By: CM15072

CM15072 — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:04:11 +0000

Thanks for the great article. Nice to see some info on things like this. And to clarify, talus refers generally to small-mid size rocks….as was accurately described in this informative article. Talus does not exclusively refer to a slope as there are often talus fields even in flat areas or on valley floors. And not to be pretentious but I teach geology at Penn State University in State College, PA. At least I hope I am right about talus as that is what I have been telling my students for the past 12 years! Again, great article!

By: 16 Weeks to 70: Week 6 Challenge | challenge | hiking 14er challenge

16 Weeks to 70: Week 6 Challenge | challenge | hiking 14er challenge — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 20:31:08 +0000

[…] Talus slopes are super scary. Keeping my eyes focused downward to the next step and rock I was going to move to helped. Check out more on talus if you’re not up on it. […]

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 16:05:00 +0000

In reply to Trail Runner Jim. Indeed. I meant to reply, but lost track of it! In any case, as I like to say, few people technically correctly say "Casablanca" is not an old black and white movie!" :)