As the winter storm pummels the Sierra Nevada, here’s how avalanches can happen and how often they occur across California: ...

Skiers glide down a slope at Palisades Tahoe on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Many Tahoe-area ski resorts lack open terrain due to limited snowfall. Experts say the avalanche that killed one person and ...

An avalanche near Castle Peak on Tuesday swept away 15 people, leaving eight dead and one missing. It's the deadliest avalanche on record in California according to data going back to 1951 kept by the ...

The press and social media have been buzzing about avalanche fatalities in the Alps and beyond this winter with people calling for off piste skiing and ski touring to be more closely regulated or even ...

The winter storm bringing heavy snowfall and whistling winds to the Sierra Nevada peaks is sharply increasing the risk of dangerous avalanches, with the National Weather Service issuing a warning ...