One common type of slide is called a sluff. A smaller type of avalanche, sluffs can pose their own set of challenges across the backcountry. DON’T MISS: Why March is so dangerous when it comes ...

(AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, file ... Sometimes a slide happens in the form of loose snow, called a sluff. Sluffs account for ...

This Jan. 24, 2025, photo taken with iPhone portrait mode shows Charlie Eppard, who was one of three skiers believed killed in an avalanche near Girdwood, Alaska, March 4, 2025. (Jon Eppard via AP ...