A Special Avalanche Advisory is in effect for the Elk and West Elk Mountains, as new snowfall is expected to create dangerous avalanche conditions heading into the holiday weekend. According to the ...

Backcountry users across Colorado are being urged to remain cautious after several recent human-triggered avalanches, even as visible warning signs in the snowpack begin to fade.

Avalanche danger will continue to increase this week across Colorado after the state saw fresh snowfall on Monday and more snow is expected on Thursday. Colorado Avalanche Information Center Deputy ...

Avalanches encounter all kinds of obstacles on their downward path, including electricity and aerial lift pylons. Particularly in remote areas, sensitive infrastructure in the form of slender objects ...

TRUCKEE, Calif. -- An avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada on Monday buried a snowmobiler in snow and killed him, authorities said. Rescuers responded after a 911 call around 2:20 p.m. reported a ...

HAINES, Alaska – An avalanche closed part of a highway in the borough of Haines, a small town about 90 miles north of Juneau in Alaska's panhandle on Tuesday night — the latest debris slide in the ...

A Utah man died in an avalanche while snowmobiling in Wyoming on Jan. 11, marking the third fatal avalanche in recent days Two men were killed in a separate avalanche in Washington, with two others ...