1. TIPS WHAT IS AN
WHAT TO DO BEFORE AN
AVALANCHE? ABOUT
AVALANCHE?
It is a sudden flow of a large amount of AVA L A N C H E
-Never go alone snow/ice down a slope/cliff. There are
quite a few factors effect the creation of
-Walk at the side, not in the middle.
avalanche, like weather, snowpack
Avalanches usually happen in the
condition and more. An avalanche is
middle of a slope or cliff. created when the weight of new snow
being deposited by wind, or snowfall on
-Bring safety essentials when out of
a slope is being added faster than the
the house-avalanche transceiver,
weakest layer of the snow. There are 3
probe and shovel. types of avalanche: dry snow avalanche,
WHAT TO DO DURING AN wet snow, avalanche and slab avalanche.
AVALANCHE?
When and where an
-Grab a tree
avalanche is most likely
-If you’re in a house, don’t stay in a
room with glass, because the snow
to occur?
might hit the glass and might hurt An avalanche usually happens
you. when there is snow. Like in US,
WHAT TO DO AFTER AN between December and April,
Done By: Zhermaine 9N
AVALANCE? during wintertime, avalanches
occurred. About 514 avalanches
-Evacuate if you’re asked to.
happened from 1950 to 1997 in 15
states of US. It can happen
anytime during day, or night.

2. BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://
A GUY ESCAPED A MASSIVE
environment.nationalgeographic. AVA L A N C H E
com/environment/natural-
Few years ago, Doug Driskel was with his friends, waiting for a tram to carry them down a mountain
disasters/avalanche-profile/ at ski resort. They got bored, and they started goofing around.
Doug Driskel, Snow Safety Coordinator for Aspen “A! of sudden, the whole bowl took off. I
http:// Mountain Ski Patrol in Aspen, Colorado, shared ran and jumped out. There was a huge
his 10 years old story where he almost got hit by
environment.nationalgeographic. rumble later when the avalanche hit the
an avalanche with a speed of 80 miles per hour.
com/environment/natural- “We were just walking around having snowball va!ey. It was the closest ca! I ever had.”-
disasters/avalanche-safety-tips/ fights,” he said. “All of sudden, the whole bowl Doug Driskel
took off. I ran and jumped out. There was a huge
rumble later when the avalanche hit the valley. It
was the closest call I ever had.”
http://
kids.nationalgeographic.com/ This avalanche moved at 80 miles per hour,
about 129 kilometers per hour. After that, he got
kids/stories/animalsnature/
caught in that avalanche and it was hard to get
avalanche/ out. Luckily, there were some friends there to
help him.