Wild Wonders of Europe / E Haarberg / Looking down on Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) crossing an avalanche field, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, November 2008

Philippe Clement / Buttresses on mountain slope to prevent snow avalanche, Alps, France

Konstantin Mikhailov / Skull and horns of the tur (goat) in Boduki valley, Teberdinskiy Zapovednik Reserve, Caucasus mountains, Karacheyevo Cherkessiya, Russia. Many turs are killed during avalanches in February and March,...

Konstantin Mikhailov / Skull and horns of the tur (goat) in Boduki valley, Teberdinskiy Zapovednik Reserve, Caucasus mountains, Karacheyevo Cherkessiya, Russia. Many turs are killed during avalanches in February and March,...

Jean E. Roche / Device for setting off avalanches, Alps, Merribel ski resort, Trois vallees, France

Dan Burton / Avalanche barriers in Alps, Merribel ski resort, Trois vallees, France

Ashley Cooper / Snow covered mountainside with avalanche debris. Two Hummock Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. January 2020.