This week's tragedy at Castle Peak was front of mind for avalanche experts across the Western U.S. who gathered in a virtual meeting room Thursday night to discuss safety in backcountry skiing. The ...

“Very dangerous” conditions are expected. Avalanche warnings issued for parts of Montana and Washington due to "very dangerous" conditions. NWS: "Natural and human-triggered avalanches are very likely ...

Authorities say they're working to find out why a group of skiers and their guides continued with their trip after a first avalanche watch was issued on Sunday, two days before an avalanche killed ...

To skiers, California’s monster blizzard this week didn’t scare them off the mountains — it beckoned them. They flocked to Tahoe in eager anticipation, settling in before wind and snow snarled traffic ...

A weekslong "snow drought" in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making ...

Avalanche danger is rising across Colorado as the unusually warm weather impacts the state’s snowpack. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center warned in a news release on Thursday, March 19, that ...