Términos de Avalancha

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Temperature Gradient

The change in temperature over snowpack depth.

Terrain Trap

Terrain in which the consequences of an avalanche are especially hazardous, such as a gully, an abrupt transition, an avalanche path that terminates in trees, a crevasse field or a cliff.

Track

The portion of an avalanche path between the starting zone and the runout zone.

Trigger

A disturbance that initiates fracture within the weak layer causing an avalanche. In 90 percent of avalanche accidents, the victim or someone in the victims party triggers the avalanche.

Trigger Point

The area where a trigger initiates an avalanche.