Scree slope
A mountain slope covered in loose broken stone — ground that slides under the foot for every step taken.
A scree slope in a dream is the dream's image of ground that slides under the foot for every step taken. The scree is real footing in the sense that it is there; it is not stable footing, because each stone moves with the weight. The dream brings the scree when something in your life — a working phase, a relationship in early reconciliation, a stretch of recovery — is technically passable and moves under you with every step, and the climb is harder than the same altitude on solid rock would be. A scree slope crossed with patient short steps is the dream affirming the kept method on bad ground. A scree slope attempted at speed, with the stones sliding into a small avalanche under the feet, is the dream noting that the unstable ground was met with the wrong pace, and the climb has become a long slide downward.