Introduction Have you ever seen video footage of an avalanche or landslide rolling down a hill? Why is it that at one moment everything seems fine then suddenly the mountain begins to slump? This ...

The odds were definitely not in Richie's favor as he attempted to ski down Sweden’s steepest slope for the first time. "It all started when I was trying to film my friend Daniel from the top of the ...

Running uphill on steep inclines is never easy, but researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered a range of slope angles that would allow an athlete to ascend a mountain most ...

Traditionally, slope-angle readings have been obtained by measurement between identifiable breaks of slope, but this method includes a large subjective element and imposes restrictions on subsequent ...