About avalanches ( Om laviner  Über Lawinen )
In the Alps about 100 people die annually in avalanche accidents.
There are 2 types of avalanche are normally dangerous to ski and snowboarder:
Wet-snow avalanche and slab avalanches.
A wet-snow avalanche is triggered normally by itself and is only a danger to person if you stand under it in the wrong time.
A slab avalanche is triggered normally by having a load on it. So it is an active release of a person. This is the type of avalanches which cause most accidents.
An avalanche snow layer is formed from snow that is not bound very well to the other snow layer. How the top snow layer will glide on the other snow layers when there is an additional load.
To avoid avalanche you should read the avalanche bulletin, it tells where there is danger of avalanche (Height, exposure mountainside slope) it requires much experience in being able to do so.
The European avalanche hazard scale is defined by 5 levels. It is published every morning at 07:30, where various weather stations have measured the strength of the snow layer.
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