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)

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 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 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