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And, showcasing their awesome, frightening power, one avalanche derailed a train in Switzerland on Monday, injuring five on board, while another swept through a refuge on a French mountainside earlier this month, shattering windows and dumping snowdrifts inside the building’s kitchen.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
When a catastrophic avalanche rumbled over a stretch of the High Sierra, dozens of law enforcement officers scoured the mountainside for a group of 15 skiers, including four mountain guides.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Across neighborhoods in San Francisco, Larkspur, the Tahoe basin and beyond, the loss is settling in — at dinner tables, in school drop-offs and along a mountainside waiting for the weather to shift.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a hill or mountainside, according to the National Weather Service.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Feb. 2026
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
When a catastrophic avalanche rumbled over a stretch of the High Sierra, dozens of law enforcement officers scoured the mountainside for a group of 15 skiers, including four mountain guides.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Across neighborhoods in San Francisco, Larkspur, the Tahoe basin and beyond, the loss is settling in — at dinner tables, in school drop-offs and along a mountainside waiting for the weather to shift.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a hill or mountainside, according to the National Weather Service.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Feb. 2026
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“Mountainside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountainside. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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mountainside
noun
moun·tain·side
ˈmau̇nt-ᵊn-ˌsīd 
: the side of a mountain
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