Snow avalanches are a major natural hazard, endangering human life and infrastructure in
mountainous areas throughout the world. In many countries with seasonally snow‐covered …

In a variety of snow climates, numerous slab avalanches release over crusts consisting of
refrozen snow. Slab avalanches sometimes release in weak layers of faceted crystals that …

Determining avalanche activity corresponding to given snow and meteorological conditions
is an old problem of high practical relevance. To address it, numerous statistical forecasting …

The focus of this study lies on the analysis of avalanche characteristics in the Columbia
Mountains in relation to the local snow climate. First, the snow climate of the mountain range …

We evaluated how climate change resulting from increased greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions may affect the timing of wet avalanches and snow quality at Aspen Mountain in …

Saharan dust deposits can turn snow covered mountains into a spectacular orange
landscape. When avalanches release, a formerly buried dust layer can become apparent …

Existing snow-climate classifications are primarily based on meteorological parameters that
describe the average weather during the main winter months. However, field experience …

The rapid weakening of snow layers that accumulate infiltrating liquid water is a well-known,
but poorly quantified, mechanism for wet-snow slab avalanche formation. Therefore …

Identifying and tracking the potential avalanche types is the first step toward characterizing
an avalanche problem and a fundamental principle of effective avalanche risk management …

Avalanches are very active and are seriously threatening road safety in the Tianshan
mountains. The snowfall-triggered avalanches have caused many serious casualties and …