We use a technique called photoelasticity and create thin avalanches to reveal what’s going on inside the avalanche. We track ...

Avalanches are becoming more frequent. Here’s how to survive one - There are a few things you can do to increase your chances of survival ...

Nathalie Vriend, a skier and physicist at the University of Colorado Boulder who studies avalanches, explains what happens in an avalanche and techniques for surviving one.

Then there needs to be a trigger. A snowpack may be seemingly stable until a snowmobile or skier disturbs it enough that the ...

Then there needs to be a trigger. A snowpack may be seemingly stable until a snowmobile or skier disturbs it enough that the snow starts to move. Strong winds or rock falls may also cause an avalanche ...

Avalanches, masses of snow moving down a slope, happen most often in the wilderness. The National Avalanche Center says ...

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