slab avalanche

A large slab avalanche was observed across the valley yesterday.

Later that evening, as if to prove his point, the whole face suffered a slab avalanche.

Most large slab avalanches run on slopes between 25 and 45 degrees.

Their fall set off a slab avalanche 150 metres wide that swept away those following lower down.

Sitting in their tents at night they could hear slab avalanches happening all around them.

The added weight of the wet slide can trigger a slab avalanche.

During the few warm days that we have had this spring there has been significant deep slab avalanche activity in the alpine.

“Unfortunately this morning there's been a big slab avalanche.

The most dangerous type of avalanche is the slab avalanche.

For a slab avalanche to start, there must be:

Slab avalanches are particularly hazardous because a large amount of snow is set in motion almost simultaneously.

Many slab avalanches have occurred including a recent one on the southern face of the Sentinel ridge.

Once the slabs build up, they will sink through to the lower mantle in what is known as a "slab avalanche".

Context - A slab avalanche is most deadly.

Slab avalanche hazard analysis can be done using the Rutschblock Test.

Hard snow allows wide propagation and tends to produce large slab avalanches.

Case study of a deep slab instability and associated dry slab avalanches.

Slab avalanches form frequently in snow that has been deposited, or redeposited by wind.

Up until now, geologists believed that slab avalanches were caused by shear cracks.

Slab avalanches account for around 90% of avalanche-related fatalities in backcountry users.

Overlying layers often build up to the thickness of a meter or more before ripping out as a slab avalanche.

Refinements to the stability index for skier-triggered slab avalanches.

In terrain steep enough to avalanche, whumpfs usually result in slab avalanches.

A fracture-arrest model for unconfined dry slab avalanches.

In situ tensile strength of snow in relation to slab avalanches.