Only about 125 acres of vacant land are available near the ski area, and much of that sits in avalanche paths.

"Everything we're going to ski today is some version of an avalanche path."

"The kids are parking their cars on Teton Pass, and skiing big avalanche paths."

Both types of avalanche dams are usually placed in the run-out zone of the avalanche and in the flatter parts of the avalanche path.

With tragic false confidence, the trio skied closer to the middle of the Bowl, and into the midst of a vast avalanche path.

But sound-based sensors installed in backcountry avalanche paths could provide a lot of information.

The quickest way is straight up, through the small avalanche paths.

Do not underestimate this approach; you are in the backcountry and there are 3 or 4 large avalanche paths across the road.

The name of the Zugspitze is probably derived from its Zugbahnen or avalanche paths.