An Avalanche is a mass of snow in swift motion traveling down a mountainside. In the National Risk Index, an Avalanche Risk Index score and rating represent a community's relative risk for …

The North American Avalanche Danger Scale is a tool used by avalanche forecasters to communicate the potential for avalanches to cause harm or injury to backcountry travelers. …

The avalanche danger ratings are for "avalanche terrain" meaning for slopes steep enough to slide, in other words, slopes generally steeper than 30 degrees. But since 3 out of 4 …

2019年7月19日 · Field teams at avalanche centers document the snowpack—the thickness and type of snow layers—and combine those data with weather conditions to estimate danger levels.

Learn about local avalanche hazards and check current avalanche conditions in your area. Featured Protective Actions Take training prior to the event in order to learn how to identify …

Avalanche hazard, which is synonymous with avalanche danger, is the environmental danger of avalanches, independent of human interactions. Hazard is defined by the likelihood and size of …

The North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale (NAPADS) is a system that rates avalanche danger and provides general travel advice based on the likelihood, size, and distribution of …

2017年11月2日 · Avalanche forecasters assess avalanche hazard, which is the potential for an avalanche, or avalanches, to cause damage to something of value. Avalanche hazard is a …

The front page of the avalanche forecast gives you an overview of the avalanche hazard for the current day and the expected trend for the next two days. Under the headline, there are three …

An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. [1] Avalanches can be triggered spontaneously, by factors such as increased precipitation or snowpack …