Sometimes a slide happens in the form of loose snow, called a sluff ... according to the Sierra Avalanche Center. Other ...

Once the slab is released, snow and ice, along with the timber ... One guy jumped from a cliff and, as he landed, knocked loose an avalanche, and he narrowly escaped off to the side.

which includes loose, wet avalanches, and then wet slabs.” When this week’s storm, which could drop up to a foot of snow in some places, sees next week’s “warm temperatures and strong April sunshine ...