The city is no longer using a five-point scale to communicate avalanche risk. Instead, it has switched to a 'ready, set, go' ...

Extreme winter weather has caused large vessels to sink in the Juneau, Alaska, harbor and communities are making preparations ...

An avalanche swept up skiers at Lake Tahoe’s largest ski resort on Jan. 10, 2024, as a 150-foot-wide sheet of snow slid down a mountain slope into a pile 10 feet deep. One person died in the avalanche ...

Multiple states across the U.S. have been issued winter storm warnings, which forecast that up to 20 inches of snow could blast certain areas, from Wednesday through Thursday and Friday, and in some ...

A Special Avalanche Advisory is in effect for the Elk and West Elk Mountains, as new snowfall is expected to create dangerous ...

Feb. 27—Two avalanches were triggered by skiers Wednesday in the White Mountains, the Mount Washington Avalanche Center reported. All skiers involved in the incidents survived, with one rescued after ...

Christmas Day rain left dangerous conditions in the Wasatch Mountains last weekend, even leading to multiple avalanches being ...

The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is warning of avalanche conditions throughout northern Utah after heavy snow has braced the ...

Multiple states across the U.S. have been issued winter storm warnings, which forecast that up to 20 inches of snow could blast certain areas, from Wednesday through Thursday and Friday, and in some ...

The behavior of an avalanche depends on the structure of the snowpack, but that’s only one ingredient. An avalanche requires all the wrong conditions at the wrong time. The angle of the mountain slope ...