A third avalanche death within a week has been reported in Utah after a snowmobiler was found buried in the Snake Creek area ...

By any measure, Americans are flooding into avalanche country at a staggering rate. Some estimates suggest a hundred times ...

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Fortunately, Lookout Pass does not have any inbounds terrain that is susceptible to avalanche,” Sawyer said. “Yes, there is ...

California's worker safety regulator found Mammoth Mountain at fault in the death of a ski patroller last season in an avalanche, determining the resort "failed" to provide necess ...

Avalanche forecasters say that an avalanche outside of Brighton Ski Resort that killed an 11-year-old girl underscores the risks of backcountry areas next to resorts.

Over the weekend, the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center (IPAC) issued a backcountry avalanche watch for the Bitterroot ...

Rescue crews have recovered the bodies of all nine Tahoe backcountry skiers that were killed in what authorities have called the deadliest avalanche in modern California history.

The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office is conducting aerial flights Friday in the Castle Peak area to assess the snowpack and determine if "controlled avalanche mitigation" is possible. Adverse weather ...

The disaster is the second-deadliest avalanche in the United States since at least 1951.