A weekend rescue near Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park reflected spring avalanche conditions that forecasters say warrant additional caution by hikers, skiers and other recreators in ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado has seen how deadly avalanches can be. But as we face a climate crisis, it's increasingly important to understand the changing physics of avalanches. That's where the ...

Skiers in Tuckerman Ravine on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington recently got a heads-up that even though it’s spring, you still need to be thinking about avalanches. A video shared by snow ranger and ...

Among the findings, investigators claim the "best practice for backcountry travel" was not being followed, as the group size was large Several skiers were also found to be wearing airbag backpacks, ...

At least eight backcountry skiers are dead after a group of 15 were swept away by an avalanche Tuesday near Castle Peak in the Lake Tahoe area, The Sacramento Bee reported. Six were rescued and the ...

“If the fatality rate had held constant, we would be talking about hundreds of people dying every year,” says Dallas Glass, an avalanche forecaster for the Northwest Avalanche Center with two decades ...

The Sierra Avalanche Center published its final report on the Feb. 17 avalanche near Donner Pass that killed nine people, noting the investigation was stymied by a lack of an opportunity to interview ...

A new study from the University of Washington found that warming temperatures leads to snow crusts happening more often in colder areas. This increase can pose new challenges for avalanche forecasting ...

Today, I write with a heavy heart. I grew up in Sacramento and have spent much of my life skiing the Sierra Nevada mountains that ring Lake Tahoe. They're honestly incomparable -- timeless, imposing, ...