Show destructive swiss avalanches an avalanche which recently occurred near the town of davos in swit aerland came down from a height of nearly feet and entirely closed one of the rural roads leading to the city in order to restore a passage it was necessary to cut a tunnel through the hard snow to what extent and of what magnitude such avalanches occur in switzerland may be imagined from the tact that about two months ago a slide took place from the gla clera which was estimated to contain over 40 cubic feet of snow in many instances small villages have been entirely burled under these masses |