avalanche zone
Snowslide danger area
An avalanche zone is a mountainous area where avalanches are known to occur or where conditions make them likely.
These zones are typically identified and mapped by authorities to warn skiers, hikers, and residents of potential danger.
The trail was closed because it passes through an active avalanche zone.
Buildings and roads in avalanche zones may require special engineering or protective structures like snow sheds.
- snow accumulationGathered frozen precipitation depth
- rescue dogAdopted shelter canine
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- snowpackAccumulated mountain winter layers
- slope angleMeasure of incline steepness
ridge · temperature fluctuation · cliff face · ski run · backcountry skiing · out of bounds · cornice · glacier · weather patterns · valley · fatalities · alpine terrain · ravine · debris field · buried alive · habitat destruction · risk assessment · soil erosion
- natural hazardsquicksand, rockslide, mudslide, sinkhole, whirlpool
- Winter PlacesAntarctica, Arctic, North Pole, South Pole, Siberia
- Winter Terrainsnow, ice field, snowdrift, snowpack, frozen tundra
- Rocky Mountain Wildernesswilderness areas, alpine meadow, backcountry, alpine lake, alpine lakes
- frozen landstundra, glacier, iceberg, ice sheet, ice cap
- mountainsmountain, peaks, peak, summit, summits
avalanche zoneflat ground
Terrain without slopes
valley floor · safe zone · protected area · gentle slope · plateau