1 Formation and type
1.1 Slab avalanches
1.2 Powder snow avalanches
1.3 Wet snow avalanches
2 Terrain, snowpack, weather
2.1 Terrain
2.2 Snowpack structure and characteristics
2.3 Weather
3 Dynamics
3.1 Modelling
4 Human involvement
4.1 Prevention
4.2 Mitigation
4.3 Survival, rescue, and recovery
5 Notable avalanches
6 Classification
6.1 European avalanche risk table
6.2 European avalanche size table
6.3 North American Avalanche Danger Scale
6.4 Canadian classification for avalanche size
6.5 United States classification for avalanche size
6.6 Rutschblock Test
7 See also
7.1 Related flows
7.2 Famous avalanche disasters
8 References
8.1 Bibliography
8.2 Notes
9 External links