Meanwhile, photographers took pictures so that they could compare ... Scientists are hoping to learn more about how avalanches form. They believe the most deadly type of avalanche, dubbed a ...

An avalanche is caused by a chain reaction of events. A vibration or a change in terrain can have a cascading and devastating impact. A similar process may happen when living tissues are subject ...

An avalanche is caused by a chain reaction of events. A vibration or a change in terrain can have a cascading and devastating impact. A similar process may happen when living tissues are subject to ...

Sometimes a slide happens in the form of loose snow, called a sluff. Sluffs account for only a small percentage of deaths and property damage from avalanches, according to the Sierra Avalanche Center.