1.   Ignoring the avalanche warnings, the fatuous skiers continued on their course.

2.   A revamped Internet site now provides up-to-date information on avalanche warnings, traffic blocks and detours, and safe ski areas.

3.   Despite the avalanche warnings on Sunday, Crumbaker and Wald were not the only climbers who ignored the danger.

4.   If this had been a ski slope, an avalanche warning would have sounded.

5.   It was the equivalent of issuing an avalanche warning to skiers after they have already been buried by the snow.

6.   A level four avalanche warning on a scale of five had been posted before the group left.

7.   An extreme avalanche warning was in effect.

8.   An extreme avalanche warning went into effect in southeastern British Columbia after three separate avalanches claimed the lives of at least eight people.

9.   As the Christmas rush approaches, Swiss authorities have issued avalanche warnings for most parts of the Swiss Alps.

10.   Avalanche warnings in effect last weekend ended Tuesday, but officials warned of cornices, unstable ledges of snow and ice formed by wind on mountain ridges.