The skier found dead in a field of snow and debris on Sunday triggered the 400-foot-wide avalanche that swept him to his death, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Severe weather is expected to disrupt travel from coast to coast, with dangerous snow totals and worsening mountain conditions.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center released its full accident report on the March 7 avalanche south of Ptarmigan Pass in Eagle County near Vail Pass that killed a Silverthorne man. The slide ...

Blayne Woods, of Purgatory Resort Search and Rescue, said avalanche dogs like Ember are “always eager to please” and “work really well” with other handlers.

The Northwest Avalanche Center is warning that increased snow levels and warming temperatures could cause avalanches on Mount Hood on Friday.

Two Sawtooth Avalanche Center forecasters recounted a December avalanche incident to an audience at the Liberty Theater on ...

While skiing at Stevens Pass, Michael Harris was buried beneath several feet of avalanche debris. He is alive still because of his wife, Penny Harris.

The potential truth of what really killed nine hikers in the remote Russian mountains in 1959 may be far stranger than the conspiracy theories—a yeti, anyone?—floated to date. Could evidence now point ...

After nine people were killed in a California avalanche, one expert said: “We can reduce risk in the mountains. But we cannot ...

On the morning of the deadliest avalanche in California’s modern history, Cody Townsend was skiing above the west shore of ...

Historically, March is the month most likely to see fatal avalanches. Here are some expert safety tips to keep in mind before ...

Twelve people were caught in the avalanche, according to the Sierra Avalanche Center Nevada County Sheriff's Office/Facebook Three skiers who survived the fatal Tahoe avalanche on Feb. 17 helped ...