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An avalanche is not like a Landslide, mudslide or Lahar. Those are all Mass movements, which is the movement of a big amount of sediment. Sediment meaning: rock. An avalanche is made of ice and/or snow.
- They're triggered naturally and unnaturally. They can happen due to: A heavy layer of new snow and/or ice, earthquakes, Animals moving, and glacier movements. However on the unnatural side of town, they can be caused by: Explosives, skiers, gunshots, and snowmobiles.
- They can be very dangerous or life harming. Many people have been buried alive and never found because they were caught in an avalanche. Others have been trapped inside for days with not many ways to get out and look for help. Although Some people cause small avalanches to hit the loose patches of snow before letting skiers ride down the slope.
- There isn't much we can to avoid avalanches except: Be cautious in areas with warnings signs and listen to the people who do the warning.
*note- You when someone says yelling can cause and avalanche? Well they're wrong! yelling will not cause and avalanche. It's just a joke cartoons spread around.