As Colorado watches for the first meaningful pattern changes that could finally bring snow to the high country, avalanche ...

A safety device helped maintain a buried person’s oxygen levels for up to 35 minutes, tests show, buying crucial time for an avalanche rescue.

A lack of early-season snow isn’t great for the state’s water supply. But it can have a surprising benefit in the mountains.

Just one month after the Wasatch Mountains received their first snow of the season, avalanches have already begun.

Snowfall in Colorado has been lackluster to start the ski season, but for backcountry enthusiasts the lack of early-season ...

The backcountry looms large in the imagination of skiers everywhere. It’s beautiful, fearsome, and the last best place to ...

Colorado’s backcountry skiing season is only just getting started, but humans are already triggering avalanches ahead of available daily forecasts. Colorado Avalanche Information Center Director Ethan ...

The second body of a trio of heli-skiers trapped in avalanche near Girdwood, Alaska, in March has been recovered after the ...

The Central Oregon Avalanche Center is gearing up for its 26th annual Powderhound Preview and Fundraiser, and this year ...

The Flathead Avalanche Center announces the 15th Annual Northern Rockies Snow and Avalanche Workshop (NRSAW) to be held on ...

Unstable snow and fluctuating weather conditions brought on by Cyclone Monica are believed to have caused the avalanche. Five ...

Avalanche forecasters warned of “a very active glide avalanche cycle” in Chugach National Forest, which includes popular ...