snowslide
White slope collapse
A snowslide is a mass of snow sliding down a mountainside—synonymous with avalanche, though avalanche is more common in technical and news contexts.
Snowslide emphasizes the sliding motion itself: The snowslide buried the hiking trail.
The word also describes the path or debris left behind.
Tall natural landmass
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
- couloirSteep mountain gully
- chuteInclined passage for descent
- gullyChannel carved by flowing water
ridge · cornice · steep · gradient · elevation · alpine · backcountry · snowfield
Fine dry particles
crystals · facets · bonding · consolidation · settlement · instability · loading · fracture
Rapid mountain snow collapse
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- collapseSudden structural failure
momentum · velocity · acceleration · mass · force · gravity · friction · slip
Guiding light source
- probeThorough examination or tool
- shovelTool for moving earth
- searchAct of seeking
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
airbag · transceiver · survival · extraction · helicopter · patrol · first responders · triage
Source of potential harm
- warningAlert about danger
- riskPossibility of harm
- exposureState of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
fatalities · burial · suffocation · trauma · swept away · caught · triggered · unstable
Prediction of future conditions
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
education · training · awareness · precaution · decision-making · escape route · safe zone · observation
mountain
Tall natural landmass
gully · ridge · cornice · steep · gradient · elevation · alpine · backcountry · snowfield · cirque
powder
Fine dry particles
layer · crystals · facets · bonding · consolidation · settlement · instability · loading · fracture · cohesion
avalanche
Rapid mountain snow collapse
collapse · momentum · velocity · acceleration · mass · force · gravity · friction · slip · debris flow
beacon
Guiding light source
recovery · airbag · transceiver · survival · extraction · helicopter · patrol · first responders · triage · evacuation
hazard
Source of potential harm
vulnerability · fatalities · burial · suffocation · trauma · swept away · caught · triggered · unstable · deadly
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
assessment · education · training · awareness · precaution · decision-making · escape route · safe zone · observation · risk management
sluff
Discard in cards
- winter hazardsavalanche, black ice, blizzard, frostbite, hypothermia
- Backcountry Skiingskins, skinning, ski mountaineering, transceiver, avalanche risk
- winter coldcold front, ice, arctic air, frost, icicle