“…While the explanatory variables for this study were chosen based on data availability, this is not an exclusive list of possible predictors. Many studies have worked towards identifying triggering factors in varying Alpine regions, such as the effects of land-use, snow processes, precipitation events or vegetation cover (Newesely et al, 2000;Tasser et al, 2003;Rickli and Graf, 2009;Geitner, 2010, 2013;Meusburger and Alewell, 2008;Meusburger et al, 2013;Von Ruette et al, 2013;Höller, 2014;Ceaglio et al, 2017;Fromm et al, 2018;Geitner et al, 2021). Therefore, it is difficult to fully quantify all ongoing processes simultaneously in such a complex system, as triggering factors are often interlaced (Zweifel et al, 2019).…”