Forecasters ranked the danger as 4 on a 5-level scale.

“Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous,” said the great Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner. Once again ...

Avalanche conditions near Galena Summit and the Eastern Mountains got downgraded from high to considerable on Thursday, but ...

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 ...

An avalanche — a mass of snow moving down a slope — happens most often in the wilderness. Watching for forecasts, bringing the proper gear and getting training to prepare for them can help with ...

The story of how nine skiers were killed, and six survived, in the deadliest avalanche in modern California history.

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

Eight skiers were killed and one is missing after a powerful avalanche near Lake Tahoe. Survivors used iPhone to contact rescuers.

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 ...