This skier stood on a steep hilltop and skied down. However, when they started sliding, it caused an avalanche. The skier ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three skiers are believed dead after an avalanche swept them away and buried them under a pile of snow nearly 10 stories deep in the Alaska backcountry. Each winter about 25 ...

On Saturday, May 17, 2025, a large avalanche on the western side of Switzerland's Eiger caught and carried seven people. Five of the skiers were injured and two died in the accident. At 1:45 p.m., the ...

KELLOGG, Idaho — The Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center released a preliminary report on Tuesday that points to a possible cause of the deadly avalanche on Silver Mountain. The avalanche that swept down ...

Avalanche forecaster Charlotte MacDonald stood before 40 hikers, climbers, mountaineers, skiers, snowboarders and wilderness rescuers — folks for whom Tuckerman Ravine is a household name and a ...

According to Dullin, McQuinn & Young, an average of 22.5 Americans die from avalanche-related causes each year. During the Winter of 24/25, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) recorded 22 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KGO) -- As another atmospheric river targets the West Coast drenching the Bay Area, the Sierra sets record-level snowfall accumulation. This is a cause for celebration for ...

GENEVA (AP) — Avalanches killed five people in the Swiss Alps over the weekend, and bad weather prevented rescuers from reaching three skiers who apparently remained trapped under the snow on Monday, ...

A new independent clinical trial shows that Safeback's SBX system can increase survival time almost fivefold for avalanche ...

Forgive the pun, but the earth recently shifted in Colorado in snow riding liability law. Christopher Norris, a 28-year-old father of two, died in an avalanche in the Trestle Trees area of the Winter ...

A few weeks ago I set off to ski the north couloir on Feather Peak, deep in the heart of the Eastern Sierra. Feather is eight miles back and nearly 7,000 vertical feet from a trailhead. Packing my bag ...