Table 1.

Summary of the nine BTS campaigns accomplished between 2004 and 2012 in different cirques and valley heads of the study area: Reichart = Reichart cirque, Brandst. = Brandstätter cirque, Höll va. = Höll Valley, Schöneb. = Schöneben cirque. Each individual meausurement site is indicated in Figure 3

Site	Date	BTS‐sites	Elevation (m a.s.l.)			Temperature (°C)			Snow depth (cm)			Permafrost interpretation (n)
		(n)	Min.	Max.	Median	Min.	Max.	Median	Min.	Max.	Median	No.	Pos.a	Prob.b
Reichart	21.03.2004	26	1,925	1,972	1,935	−5.1	−0.1	−2.1	100	270	185	11	7	8
Reichart	19.03.2005	26	1,813	1,966	1,928	−5.8	‐0.2	−1.8	110	275	198	13	7	6
Reichart	03.04.2007	78	1,803	1,987	1,925	−3.7	−0.1	−0.7	80	290	165	61	14	3
Reichart	05.04.2008	97	1,803	1,994	1,928	−4.1	−0.1	−2.0	85	285	150	47	31	19
Reichart	02.04.2009	70	1,811	1,987	1,927	−5.1	−0.1	−1.2	95	290	190	43	11	16
Brantst.	03.04.2009	35	1,756	2,031	1,883	−2.6	−0.1	−0.4	98	220	145	29	6	0
Höll va.	17.03.2007	30	2,037	2,211	2,135	−2.3	−0.1	−0.3	100	300	183	27	3	0
Schöneb.	13.03.2012	18	1,749	1,907	1,814	−5.9	−0.9	−3.5	115	230	175	5	3	10
Schöneb.	26.03.2012	14	1,864	1,923	1,882	−4.4	−0.2	−1.5	95	260	203	7	5	2

^aPossible permafrost (−2 to −3°C).

^bProbable permafrost (<−3°C).