The most recent of four avalanche deaths in northern Utah this season shows how dangerous conditions truly are, even for the most experienced and well-equipped adventurers.

After a stormy stretch with heavy snow and powerful wind across the west, large, lethal avalanches have been letting loose across the west.

Avalanche forecasters say that an avalanche outside of Brighton Ski Resort that killed an 11-year-old girl underscores the ...

On Tuesday, Feb. 17, six people survived an avalanche that struck California's Sierra Nevada mountains and left nine people ...

Utah Avalanche Center officials urged caution in backcountry areas, no matter how close they are to a marked resort boundary.

Anton Auzans and Jim Hamilton were able to escape from the slide that killed nine other skiers, including three from Marin, near Lake Tahoe on Feb. 17.

The Utah Avalanche Center has released a report detailing the circumstances of an avalanche that resulted in the death of an ...

Forecasters estimate the average start-zone slope angle at about 35 degrees, even though the immediate trigger area sat in ...

The three-month meteorological winter that ends with February saw a particularly deadly span of storms and heavy snow, claiming at least 150 lives in the United States over just 32 days.

On Jan. 9, an avalanche was triggered at Longs Pass during a skier’s descent, carrying and catching the entire group. Paul ...