Avalanche

Avalanche

At least since people discovered the alpine habitat for themselves, it has been threatened by avalanches.
Avalanches are large masses of ice and snow that detach from mountain slopes and fall or slide down into the valley.
The term is not only used in connection with snow and ice, but is also used for other sliding materials, such as rock or mudslides. They also all count as natural disasters.
Snow avalanches mainly occur on steep slopes that are not forested. These usually have a gradient of 20 degrees and an unstable snow cover that does not stick well to the ground.

In the event of an avalanche, the entire process from:

• Initiation area over the
• crash track and a
• Run-out section (flatter fall track) to the
• Deposition area

called an avalanche.
There are essentially two different types of avalanches

• Loose snow avalanche

which starts at one point and is mostly superficial and the

• Slab Avalanche

where a whole slab of snow slides off. It forms a perpendicular to the direction of the slope scribing forehead.