Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of forecasters for the Sierra Avalanche Center provide daily avalanche advisories based on their field observations ...

The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) finalized an accident report for the avalanche that killed a man after a father and son had ...

The avalanche, the deadliest in California history and fourth deadliest in U.S. history, killed at least eight people and ...

Most of the western U.S., including the Lake Tahoe region of California and Nevada, has had an exceptionally warm winter—breaking records in many areas. And that unseasonable warmth may have caused a ...

Avalanche defined as a rapid snow mass flow down slopes. Forms when weak layers collapse under slab weight. Four types: slab, loose snow, wet snow, and glide avalanches. Triggers include heavy snow, ...

A report from Carrot Canyon detailed a tragic avalanche in the Centennial Mountains of eastern Idaho last Sunday. A 21-year-old snowmobiler from Minnesota died in the ...

Eight of the nine people reported missing after a massive avalanche struck a guided backcountry ski group near Lake Tahoe were confirmed dead Wednesday, Nevada County authorities said, making the ...

The SBX backpack system from Safeback is designed to pull and deliver oxygen from snow if the wearer is buried by an avalanche, thus increasing their survival time. A group of intrepid volunteers has ...

A tour guide company is facing a blizzard of criticism after a horrific avalanche Tuesday near Lake Tahoe left at least eight backcountry skiers dead. An eerily prophetic Instagram video from ...

The conditions that drove the deadliest avalanche in California’s modern history began to emerge days in advance, as a blizzard brewed after an unusually dry January in the Sierra Nevada. Citing rapid ...