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On the Web
- Canadian Avalanche Association - Represents avalanche professionals working in Canada. Promotes scientific and technical knowledge, standards and communications and offers training to avalanche workers. Includes course description, current avalanche bulletins, accidents and statistics, and FAQs.
- NZ Avalanche Information Exchange - Avalanche danger advisories for mountain regions. Links to avalanche resources and avalanche courses.
- Avalanche Facts - Colorado Avalanche Information Center answers common questions about avalanches and safety.
- Avalanche Book Reviews and On-Line Ordering - Reviews of current avalanche books by Faerthen Felix, professional avalanche forecaster
- Forest Service National Avalanche Center - Provides a list of US avalanche centers and current reports, information on skiiers, snowboarders, and snowmobiler avalanche basics and statistics, and links.
- Westwide Avalanche Network - Westwide Avalanche Network is your one stop shop for current avalanche information around the world.
- Avalanche Centers and Organizations - Liste of organizations from the Westwide Avalanche Network.
- Avalanche: World War II Allied Assault on Italy - Avalanche was the Allied codename for the invasion of Salerno Italy, September 1943. American and British forces attempt to force a landing along a beach held by the veteran German 16th Panzer Division, soon reinforced by other tough German units.
- Italian Avalanche Service - As part of the Italian Alpine Club, the service promotes avalanche accident prevention and is active in avalanche training and instruction. Includes history of the service and information about its organization.
- Canadian Avalanche Association - Contributes to the goal of reducing avalanche incidents world wide.
Wikipedia Articles
- 1954 Blons avalanches - The Blons avalanches in Austria was one of the worst mass burials by avalanche in recorded history.
- Small Avalanches and Other Stories - Small Avalanches and Other Stories is a young adult collection of short stories by Joyce Carol Oates. It was her second young adult book and, as of January 2007, her only collection of short stories for young adults.
- Avalanche control - Avalanche control or avalanche defense activities aim at the elimination and reduction of hazard and damage resulting from avalanches."Mitigation and Land Use - Avalanches", Colorado Geological Survey
- The Avalanches - Melbourne, Australia
- Avalanche - An avalanche is a flow of snow down a mountainside, though rock slides and debris flows are also sometimes called avalanches. Avalanches are one of the biggest dangers in the mountains for both life and property.