# Avalanche (disambiguation)

An avalanche is a cascade of snow down a slope.
Avalanche may also refer to:

## Places

* Avalanche, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States
* Avalanche Lake (disambiguation)
* Avalanche Peak (disambiguation)
* Mount Avalanche, a mountain in New Zealand

## Technology

* Avalanche (blockchain platform), a decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contract functionality.
* Avalanche (P2P), a proposed peer-to-peer network
* Avalanche (phishing group), a criminal syndicate which performs phishing attacks
* Avalanche breakdown, a form of electric current multiplication
* Avalanche diode
* Avalanche effect, a concept in cryptography and hashing
* Avalanche photodiode, a highly sensitive semiconductor device that converts an optical signal into an electrical signal
* Electron avalanche, a process similar to an avalanche breakdown, occurring without connection between two electrodes

## Film and television

* Avalanche (1923 film), an Austrian film
* Avalanche (1928 film), an American silent western film
* Avalanche (1946 film), an American film directed by Irving Allen
* Avalanche (1951 film), a French film
* Avalanche (1952 film), a Japanese film directed by Kaneto Shindō
* Avalanche (1969 film), a British film
* Avalanche (1978 film), an American disaster film with Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow
* Avalanche (1994 film), a Canadian film
* Avalanche (1999 film), an American film directed by Steve Kroschel
* The Avalanche (1919 film), an American film
* The Avalanche (1946 film), a Czech film
* "Avalanche" (Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), a 1967 episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
* Avalanche (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe

## Music

* Avalanche (band), a 1980s Norwegian disco group
* The Avalanches, an Australian electronic music group

### Albums

* Avalanche (EP), a 2000 EP by Echo & the Bunnymen
* Avalanche (Thea Gilmore album), 2003
* Avalanche (Matthew Good album), 2003, or the title song
* Avalanche (Some Velvet Sidewalk album), 1992
* Avalanche (British India album), 2010
* Avalanche (Mountain album), 1974
* Avalanche (Leah Andreone album), 2009
* The Avalanche (Sufjan Stevens album), 2006
* The Avalanche (Owen album), 2020
* Avalanche (Quadron album), 2013

### Songs

* "Avalanche" (Bring Me the Horizon song), a song on Bring Me the Horizon's 2015 album That's the Spirit
* "Avalanche" (Leonard Cohen song), a song on Leonard Cohen's 1971 album Songs of Love and Hate
* "Avalanche" (Migos song), a song on Migos' 2021 album Culture III
* "Avalanche," a song on Ryan Adams's 2004 album Love Is Hell
* "Avalanche", a song on Arch Enemy's 2014 album War Eternal
* "Avalanche", a song on James Arthur's 2021 album It'll All Make Sense in the End
* "Avalanche", a song on David Cook's 2008 album David Cook
* "Avalanche", a song on Marié Digby's 2009 album Breathing Underwater
* "Avalanche", a song on Disillusion's 2006 album Gloria
* "Avalanche", a song on Epica's 2012 album Requiem for the Indifferent
* "Avalanche", a song on The Ghost Inside's 2014 album Dear Youth
* "Avalanche", a song on Gigolo Aunts's 1988 album Everybody Happy
* "Avalanche", a song on Nick Jonas' 2014 album Nick Jonas
* "Avalanche", a song on Avril Lavigne's 2022 album Love Sux
* "Avalanche", a song on Manafest's 2010 album The Chase
* "Avalanche", a song on The Smashing Pumpkins' 2023 album Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts
* "Avalanche", a song on Thirty Seconds to Mars' 2023 album It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day
* "Avalanche," a song on Wintersleep's 2003 album Wintersleep
* "Avalanche", a song on Youngblood Brass Band's 2003 album Center:Level:Roar

## Gaming

* Avalanche (video game), 1978 arcade game released by Atari
* Avalanche (marble game), mechanical abstract strategy game with marbles
* Avalanche: The Salerno Landings, 1976 board wargame
* Avalanche chess, chess variant
* Avalanche joseki, sequence in the game of Go
* Avalanche Press, producer of wargame and roleplaying game products
* Avalanche Software, American video game developer
* Avalanche Studios, Swedish video game developer
* AVALANCHE, fictional organization in Final Fantasy VII; see Characters of the Final Fantasy VII series

## Sports

* Avalanche, a professional wrestling character portrayed by John Tenta
* any move performed normally on the mat but when executed off the top or second rope in pro wrestling
* Adelaide Avalanche, an Australia hockey team
* Alaska Avalanche, a US hockey team
* Colorado Avalanche, a US hockey team
* Denver Avalanche, a US soccer team
* Hamilton Avalanche, a Canada soccer team
* Salem Avalanche, a US baseball team
* Quebec Avalanche, a Canada hockey team

## Transportation

* Chevrolet Avalanche, a sport utility truck
* HSV Avalanche SUV, a dual-cab utility vehicle
* Avalanche, a GWR Banking Class locomotive run by the Great Western Railway from 1846 to 1865
* Avalanche, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive that was built for and run on Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
* Gemballa Avalanche, a high-end automobile

## Roller coasters

* Avalanche (Kings Dominion), a roller coaster at Kings Dominion
* Avalanche (Blackpool Pleasure Beach), a roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool

## Other meanings

* Avalanche (comics), a Marvel Comics character
* Avalanche!, a 1954 children's novel by Anna Rutgers van der Loeff
* Avalanche, a horse in Dragon Avenger, the second book in the Age of Fire series by E. E. Knight
* Avalanche, a 2007 story from the Railway Series book Thomas and Victoria
* Underwater avalanche (or undersea avalanche), synonyms sometimes used for turbidity currents