A University of Utah doctor says the rescue world should prepare more for what happens after unburying avalanche victims.

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 ...

Know the Snow Fund (KTSF), a local nonprofit dedicated to avalanche awareness and education, announced its 10-year anniversary of service. The nonprofit was created in 2014, a year after two Durango ...

An avalanche warning is in effect across all of Utah’s mountains following a storm that dumped heavy snow over the last few days. There's also more snow on the way across Utah's northern half. The ...

As Colorado watches for the first meaningful pattern changes that could finally bring snow to the high country, avalanche ...

A safety device helped maintain a buried person’s oxygen levels for up to 35 minutes, tests show, buying crucial time for an avalanche rescue.

SEATTLE — The Washington Cascades are among the snowiest places in the lower 48 states. All that snow, thousands and tons of it, is often perched atop steep mountainsides. When you add accumulating ...

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The Avalanche and the Hurricanes meet for the first time this season. The Hurricanes look to increase their win streak to nine games while the Avalanche will fight for their second straight win at ...

Snow avalanches represent one of the most dramatic manifestations of the Earth's cryospheric dynamics. Recent studies combine experimental field investigations and advanced numerical simulations to ...

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 ...