They are typically very difficult to predict and almost impossible to mitigate. Avalanche pathway
As an avalanche moves down a slope it follows a certain pathway that is dependent on the slopes degree of steepness and the volume of snow/ice involved in the mass movement. The origin of an avalanche is called the Starting Point and typically occurs on a 30–45 degree slope. The body of the pathway is called the Track of the avalanche and usually occurs on a 20–30 degree slope. When the avalanche loses its momentum and eventually stops it reaches the Runout Zone. This usually occurs when the slope has reached a steepness that is less than 20 degrees. These degrees are not consistently true due to the fact that each avalanche is unique depending on the stability of the snowpack that it was derived from as well as the environmental or human influences that triggered the mass movement. Injuries and deaths
People caught in avalanches can die from suffocation, trauma, or hypothermia. From "1950 - 1951 to 2020 - 2021" there were 1,169 people who died in avalanches in the United states. For the 11-year period ending April 2006 445 people died in avalanches throughout North America. On average, 28 people die in avalanches every winter in the United States.In 2001 it was reported that globally an average of 150 people die each year from avalanches. Three of the deadliest recorded avalanches have killed over a thousand people each.
Iron(III) pyrophosphate is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula Fe4(P2O7)3. Synthesis
Anhydrous iron(III) pyrophosphate can be prepared by heating the mixture of iron(III) metaphosphate and iron(III) phosphate under oxygen with the stoichiometric ratio 1:3. The reactants can be prepared by reacting iron(III) nitrate nonahydrate with phosphoric acid.It can be also prepared via the following reaction:
3 Na4P2O7(aq) + 4 FeCl3(aq) → Fe4(P2O7)3(s) + 12 NaCl(aq)

References
External links
"Ferric pyrophosphate". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine. "Ferric pyrophosphate nonahydrate". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine. "Ferric pyrophosphate citrate". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine.