Both the Sawtooth and Payette avalanche centers are warning Idahoans to take it easy in the snow, as avalanche danger remains ...

The Payette Avalanche Center says avalanche danger is considerable at all elevations.The only way to survive and navigate the ...

Last week, a group of backcountry hikers exploring Rocky Mountain National Park’s Emerald Lake Trail triggered an avalanche.

CHETWYND, B.C. — Warm temperatures this week have led to a warning from Avalanche Canada for backcountry users in the Peace Region. According to the agency, “wind slabs” are forming along ...

Snow layers vary in density and the type of snow crystals. Their boundaries and composition are crucial for avalanche warning services to identify weak layers, which can break spontaneously or ...

Avalanche beacons (otherwise called avalanche transceivers) can save your life when snowmobiling, skiing, hunting, or hiking in avalanche terrain. Before heading out, each member of your party turns ...

The Oilers are second in the Pacific Division with a 28-13-3 record. They are only two points behind Vegas for first place in the standings and have won seven out of their last eight games. Leon ...

Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog could be near a return to practice, according to head coach Jared Bednar. "I sure hope so," Bednar told reporters after the team practiced on Thursday ...

Moden skied on an adjacent slope a day earlier and probably did not see signs of dangerous snowpack, the CAIC said. Moden's death is the first reported avalanche fatality in Colorado this ski season.

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DENVER (KDVR) — An experienced backcountry skier never called his wife after spending a day on Red Mountain Pass, and after she went looking for him, she found him buried in a deadly avalanche ...

Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, Inc./Facebook A woman is recovering after she found the body of her husband buried 3 feet deep in snow from an avalanche in Colorado earlier this month, authorities ...