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 ...

More than 3,000 objects from the late 1800s found buried under a ski resort in Utah, marking a mining town's history ...

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 recent nine-fatality ski tragedy in California is analyzed in relation to four "heuristic traps": familiarity, social ...

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

Once the realm of dedicated ski bums, backcountry skiing grew alongside ticket prices and lift lines, with popularity exploding in the pandemic.

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

Avalanche deaths are rising across the West and Europe. A Taos expert explains what this winter’s dangers mean for skiers and riders.