Snow scientist Craig Clements says a snow drought likely contributed to this week’s deadly avalanche in the Sierra Nevada, where eight people died and one is still missing, New snow falling on top of ...

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 ...

The slide released snow down to the ground and ran more than 1,000 feet long, according to the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group.

No one was seriously hurt in the slide, which happened in the Dragon's Tail Couloir in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Dramatic footage emerged this week of a vast avalanche cascading down the steep slopes of the Italian Alps, engulfing a crowd of terrified skiers. It is just the latest in a series of incidents that ...

Late-season snow: Up to three feet fell in northern Colorado mountains, with Denver seeing its biggest May snowstorm since 2003. Extended ski season: Arapahoe Basin will reopen May 15-17 after ...

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 ...

Quiet weather settles in this evening, with partly cloudy skies, light south winds, and overnight lows in the mid-40s. Read full article: Warm weekend brings chance for strong storms before dry Mother ...