1.   And, they will help snow slide off the roof more readily.

2.   Avalanches usually form when either a cornice of snow breaks loose from the edge of a mountain or a slab of snow slides off an existing snow cover.

3.   Heavy rains that percolated through the snow pack in the Washington Cascades have triggered natural avalanches at low elevations, lessening the danger of more snow slides.

4.   Melting leads to snow slides.

5.   The new layer of wet snow, driven by the wind, overloaded the underlying layers causing a high number of snow slides in remote areas.

6.   A massive snow slide crashed on railway lines just outside the southern Swiss town of Zermatt late Thursday, damaging power cables.

7.   A young snow boarder narrowly escaped death when he set of a snow slide near St. Moritz, rescue services said.

8.   Canadian authorities said weather conditions caused hundreds of snow slides in the region.

9.   Near the Alpine resort of St. Moritz, a young snowboarder narrowly escaped death when he set off a snow slide, rescue services said.

10.   Much of the action this year will be at the Winter Fun Park at Como Park, where the Army Reserve will run a giant snow slide.