Backcountry users across Colorado are being urged to remain cautious after several recent human-triggered avalanches, even as ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is reminding skiers that the potential for avalanches remains high in some areas ...

California Department of Water Resources engineers Jacob Kollen and Anthony Burdock, center, take the season's first snow survey measurements with hydrometeorologist Angelique Fabbiani-Leon, left, at ...

An avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada on Monday buried a snowmobiler in snow and killed him, authorities said. Around ...

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 ...

The number of people killed late last week and early this week in Western avalanches fed by a series of snowmaking storms has ...

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If such snow hits an obstacle at only moderate speed, its compressibility acts like the crumple zone in a car. "As the snow compacts in front of the obstacle, it can greatly reduce the force of the ...

Himalayan states witness an average of 132 avalanches every year, with Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand reporting the most.

After a slow start to the snow season in November and most of December, the first powder day of 2026 in the Sierra Nevada arrives this weekend. Backcountry skiers and snowboarders could face risks of ...