Stretches of calm weather in the mountains might seem harmless, but they can quietly increase avalanche danger over time. And traveling in groups doesn’t always make skiers and snowshoers safer.

Using self-developed drones and advanced sensors, researchers can now see both under the snow and into the ground. The ...

Recent heavy snow, strong winds, and warming April sun have created unstable snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. Backcountry ...

More than a month after the deadly avalanche that killed nine people in the backcountry near Lake Tahoe, avalanche experts ...

COLORADO SPRINGS (KOAA) — Recent snowfall has left avalanche danger elevated in parts of the backcountry — particularly in the northern mountains. So, why is it safer to ski steep, powder-filled runs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The avalanche danger risk is increasing this week on Mount Hood as a continuing atmospheric river event ...

Risk of avalanche in the West Kootenay backcountry has risen to ‘considerable’ in the alpine as heavy snow continues to fall across the region, according to Avalanche Canada (AC).

Several naturally-triggered size one avalanches dotted the West Kootenay backcountry mountain landscape this week as the ...

Funding held steady for the Utah Avalanche Center this winter, even as low snow conditions pulled attention away from avalanche safety.

A low diving south from Alaska will bring rain to the B.C. coast, along with falling temperatures and freezing levels, as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Avalanche risk remains elevated Saturday in some parts of Colorado. But you won't need to worry about that at any of Colorado's ...