The “open, welcoming and enthusiastic” clinics are returning to Alyeska Resort, Alaska, for two days of on-mountain training ...

Utah Avalanche Center officials believe the skiers involved in the unreported slide had likely ducked a rope at Brighton in ...

BOISE, Idaho — On average, 24 people die per year in avalanches across the United States, and so far this season, one person has died in Idaho. Just this past weekend, a snowmobiler was buried in an ...

On Wednesday, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) announced that it launched new tools on its website to expand ...

A third skier uncovered the teen, who had been skiing in the Hidden Canyon backcountry without avalanche safety gear.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Given certain conditions, avalanches are a risk on snow-covered mountains. Mike Reitzell, president of the Petaluma-based organization Ski California, said Wednesday was a tough day. ...

Rescuers have identified the 42-year-old man killed in a backcountry avalanche near Truckee and confirmed that no other ...

In Colorado alone, thousands of avalanches are recorded every season by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. They don’t ...

The alert is not an evacuation advisory, but the city advises residents in the affected areas to prepare for an evacuation if ...

The first big snowfalls of winter bring a lot of excitement to Colorado’s backcountry communities — and a heavy responsibility to those whose job it is to keep people safe from avalanches. Avalanches ...