These are sometimes called sloughs (sluffs), are usually small, but may gain significant mass on long steep slopes.

What is the most volatile area of a slope,

a slope angle steep enough to slide, generally between what angle?

Avalanches are usually more likely at higher elevations or lower elevations?

This slope can produce bigger avalanche

These are commonly confined to the warmest part of the day on slopes that get a lot of sun.

What is the path or channel that an avalanche follows as it goes downhill.

What triggers slab avalanche?

any terrain feature that increases the consequences of getting caught in an avalanche.

Crossing in this slope can reduce the risk

avalanche that involves a cohesive block of snow that fractures within the snow-pack. A crack spreads out across the slope leaving a tell tale fracture line called a crown wall. The slab will break up into smaller blocks as it moves downhill.

where the snow and debris finally come to a stop.

Can a noise trigger an avalanche?

often the most dangerous slopes to ski

This slope gets steeper as you ski them

This is often called a point release avalanche. As the names suggest, they involve loose, unconsolidated snow which initiates from a point, gradually fanning out as it moves downhill. This often makes for a ‘teardrop’ shape. The triggered weak layer tends to be the top layer of the snow-pack, the surface layer(s).

What is the top fracture surface of a slab avalanche.

Can a person's weight can trigger avalanche?

They get less steep as you ski them.

They get less steep as you ski them

The surface over which a fracture and subsequent avalanche release occurs.

How can wind/storm can trigger an avalanche?

A small group of trees or a large rock can provide limited shelter from avalanches.

trees and large rocks in the slide paths that are likely to cause physical injuries to persons caught in the avalanche