Snow avalanches are natural hazards that pose significant risks to life, property, and infrastructure in mountainous regions. Understanding the dynamics of avalanches is crucial for developing ...

Understanding the dynamics of snow avalanches and analyzing their stability is crucial for improving safety measures in avalanche-prone areas. Recent research has focused on various aspects of ...

An avalanche swept up skiers at Lake Tahoe’s largest ski resort on Jan. 10, 2024, as a 150-foot-wide sheet of snow slid down a mountain slope into a pile 10 feet deep. One person died in the ...

offers a snapshot of these dynamics. Snow levels currently sit above the seasonal average, but the structure of the snowpack — layered with weak spots — has created conditions ripe for avalanches.