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AVALANCHE
  Pass the Rolling Rocks / Runaway Rockaway

  Reach the fort at the top of the hill
  Get hit by a boulder
  Smaller rocks will also be thrown

The contestant has to get to the top of a steep uphill channel while avoiding giant boulders being rolled down towards them.
In the walls at the side are several gaps. To avoid a boulder, the contestant can try to hide in these gaps until it has passed. This isn't easy though, as there are guards waiting in the gaps who will - after brief pause - try to push the contestant back out again.

Played   17  times;  in episodes:
1, 3, 5-7, 9, 11, 14, 16-17, 20, 38, 40, 42, 45-46, 48

Variations
Ep#
3 Water
A stream of water runs down the hill from the top.
7 Water Pistols
Contestants are squirted with water while in the safety gaps.
9 Tennis Balls
Buckets of tennis balls are rolled down toward the contestant.
11, 16-17 Shields
Guards use shields to push contestants out the safety gaps.
14 Cake
Contestants get cake in the face as they enter safety gaps.
16 Rainbow Balls
Numerous coloured balls of various sizes are rolled down towards the contestant.
17, 46 Hoses
Hoses blast water down from the top of the hill.
45 Playballs
A stream of thousands of small balls runs down the hill.
48 Air Horns and Cymbals
Guards make loud noises to expel players from safetly gaps.

• Avalanche was the last game to be moved over to the new filming location, after episode 28. When it finally appeared again, in episode 38, the length of the two Y-shaped passages at the top had been extended.