Hannah Hughes was backcountry skiing in Norway when she looked up to see a wall of snow barreling towards her. She now faces ...

Avalanches cause dozens of mountain emergencies in Switzerland every year. Here are the three most important questions about the white danger - including answers.

A weekslong "snow drought" in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making ...

A storm system delivered some much-needed moisture to the mountains of western Colorado, with some areas receiving more than a foot of new snow. The snow in the mountains will gradually taper off ...

View post: It Could Soon Be Illegal for Gen Z to Partake in One Centuries-Old Habit West Coast faces heavy rain and snow after an unusually dry winter. Nine skiers remain missing after an avalanche ...

Snow scientist Craig Clements says a snow drought likely contributed to this week’s deadly avalanche in the Sierra Nevada, where eight people died and one is still missing, New snow falling on top of ...

Two ski patrollers at Mammoth Mountain have died in separate avalanches since February 2025. Some ask if corporate pressure to open slopes quickly after major storms is to blame and worry young ...

A MOUNTAINEERING couple were killed in a horror avalanche as their guide made a miraculous escape from the snow blast.

A recent dry spell meant that as heavy snow fell this week, it landed on an unstable snowpack. By Nazaneen Ghaffar and Judson Jones Weather reporters The conditions that set off Tuesday’s avalanche ...