The camper's week focuses on their specialty major and an elective of their choice and includes a daily recreation period and nightly campfire program. Sugarloaf is an overnight camp that runs Sunday to Saturday for both of the two sessions. The staff includes many El Dorado County teachers and many Sugarloaf alumni.
Time Factors In Soil Formation. Soil does not form overnight. In fact, soil formation can take thousands, and in some cases even millions of years. Thus, time is an obviously important factor in soil formation. A newly exposed surface will have very little if any soil, while old surfaces will often have much deeper soils.
Depending on the soil-forming factors in an area, weathering may proceed rapidly over a decade or slowly over millions of years. The development of a soil reflects the weathering process associated with the dynamic environment in which it has formed. Five soil-forming factors have been identified that influence the development of a specific soil. Wherever these five factors have been the same on the landscape, the soil will be the same. However, if one or more of the factors differ, the soils will be different. The factors are: 1. Parent material 2. Climate 3. Living organisms 4. Topography 5. Time