snowslide

[ snoh-slahyd ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌslaɪd /

an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.

Also especially British, snow-slip

[snoh-slip] /ˈsnoʊˌslɪp/.

Origin of snowslide

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; snow + slide

Joe looked for a long time before he answered, and then he said, Snowslide, I reckon.

Jack the Young Explorer |George Bird Grinnell
They were climbing Mont Blanc when a snowslide swept them away into a deep crevasse.

Girl Scouts in the Rockies |Lillian Elizabeth Roy
They were eating the carcass of a deer that was just thawing from the snow and débris brought down by the snowslide.

Watched by Wild Animals |Enos A. Mills
This tearing wind will soon roll up the mist, and the thunder will certainly start another big rock or a snowslide.

The Silent Barrier |Louis Tracy

I said a long time back Id give a pretty if a man of God would come in here and shake this camp like a snowslide in the mountains.

The Heart of Canyon Pass |Thomas K. Holmes