Snow enthusiasts gathered for the 15th annual Northern Rockies Snow and Avalanche Workshop, hosted by Flathead Avalanche.

Backcountry hosted the premiere of its latest film, Ski the Day, on Thursday night at INDUSTRY SLC. The event paired ...

Avalanches are not just snow sliding down a mountain—they are massive walls of ice, snow, and rock that can accelerate 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 ...

Crafted by leading avalanche safety organizations, the course serves as a "first step in avalanche education." ...

While snow has yet to significantly pack across Colorado’s mountains, a careful watch has begun. With the start of November came the start of Colorado Avalanche Information Center’s daily forecasts — ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has teamed up with backcountry professionals to offer a free online course aimed at ...

Imagine an avalanche of slush rushing down a mountain valley – a mass of water-saturated snow that moves over long distances at high speed. A major difference between these and snow avalanches is how ...

Good progress has been made on repairs to Great Walks but avalanche conditions continue to cause delays, the Department of ...

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 ...