Avalanche danger remains elevated across parts of Colorado's northern mountains on Thursday, with forecasters warning that ...

A series of tragic deaths in Canada, the U.S. and Europe is showing how tricky avalanches still are to predict. Will that change with global warming?

Wet snow avalanches are starting earlier in the season as global temperatures rise. But it turns out, it’s not wise to ...

Winter conditions have returned to Waterton Lakes National Park, bringing fresh snow, increasing winds, and a heightened avalanche risk across the park. Snow is expected to continue into the weekend, ...

An avalanche — a mass of snow moving down a slope — happens most often in the wilderness. Watching for forecasts, bringing the proper gear and getting training to prepare for them can help with ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning backcountry travelers to watch for weak spots in the snowpack as new snow moves into the mountains late Thursday.

Avalanche danger is declining across Colorado amid a dry spell and a season with a record-low snowpack, but recent avalanche accidents highlight the need for continued caution in the backcountry.

A skier was buried to their waist and carried 200 yards on Sunday afternoon after triggering a massive slab avalanche on Berthoud Pass’s “Postage Stamp” run. The uninjured individual released a ...

Recovering from a 400-yard-long “soft slab” avalanche, the survivors would have had mere minutes to try to locate the others who had been buried, then frantically try to dig them out.

The Sierra Avalanche Center has issued a summary on the Feb. 17 avalanche near Castle Peak, which killed nine and injured two. As the Tribune has reported, the six survivors were ...

Three of the survivors of last week’s deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe were buried under the snow before being dug out by their fellow skiers in the moments after the disaster, according to an initial ...