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

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has launched new tools to help those recreating in the backcountry access avalanche information and understand current conditions. “We want people traveling ...

Avalanches are possible on any slope steeper than 30 degrees and occur most frequently at 35 to 50 degrees.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The behavior of an avalanche depends on the structure of the snowpack, but that’s only one ingredient. An avalanche requires all ...

By any measure, Americans are flooding into avalanche country at a staggering rate. Some estimates suggest a hundred times ...

A deadly avalanche buried a group of backcountry skiers and their guides near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada as an intense storm brought heavy snow to the region on February 17. Six of the ...