Backcountry skiing requires not only different equipment and skills than downhill or cross-country skiing, it also requires ...

The bodies of nine back-country skiers killed in a California avalanche four days earlier are recovered, following a ...

Eight skiers have been found dead and one is missing after an avalanche in California, making it the deadliest avalanche in ...

Dave Miller, owner of International Alpine Guides in June Lake, which also guides backcountry skiing trips to the Frog Lake Huts, said storm skiing isn't as shocking as it might sound to a layperson.

Nine backcountry skiers remain missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe and six more were rescued, officials in Northern ...

The President’s Day weekend excursion, including a group of moms, wives and close friends who shared a passion for skiing the untracked powder of the hushed, untamed wilderness of California’s Sierra ...

Eight skiers were killed in a Tuesday morning avalanche near the Castle Peak area, close to Truckee. A search continues for a ninth skier who is believed to also be dead. The fifteen skiers on the ...

Faced with soaring ticket prices and bare slopes at many U.S. resorts, Americans are flocking to the island of Hokkaido, ...

By Jenna Greene, Fred Greaves and Rich McKay TRUCKEE, California, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Eight backcountry skiers were confirmed ...

Skimo enters the Winter Olympics at the most tragic time.