Heavy snowfall in the Colorado mountains Thursday into Friday is increasing avalanche danger. An avalanche warning was posted at 4 p.m. Thursday for mountain areas including Steamboat, Flat Tops ...

Up to a 20 inches of fresh snow is expected in some mountain areas above 10,000-feet in elevation along with 55 mph winds. “Travel could be very difficult,” the weather service said.

COLORADO SPRINGS — Most associate avalanches with a lot of snow. It often happens that way, but danger in late December and heading into January 2021 is because of small infrequent snow storms ...

A backcountry skier near Cameron Pass in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains died Christmas Eve after being “fully buried” in an avalanche, officials said.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center said on Facebook the incident happened on Feb. 11 in Birdseye Gulch near Leadville when one of the snowmobilers caused a weak layer of snow to collapse ...

The bodies of three Colorado backcountry skiers killed in an avalanche were found buried beneath more than 20 feet of snow and debris, authorities said. The bodies were discovered Wednesday, two da… ...

The latest data on snowpack in Colorado’s basins show snowpack — layers of snow that accumulate in an area — have improved across the state compared to average levels recorded from 1991 to 2020.

Two people died in separate avalanches in Colorado on Sunday, the latest in a series of deadly avalanches that have already claimed the lives of 17 others across seven states this year.

The avalanche occurred near Cameron Pass — at 10,500 feet on the southeast portion of South Diamond Peak — and was "one to three feet below the snow surface and was about 250 feet wide." ...

The avalanche failed on a 15 cm thick layer of faceted snow (SS-ASu-R2-D2.5-O). The crown face of the avalanche was 12 to 20 inches deep and about 700 feet wide.

Thirty-six people have died in avalanches in the U.S. since Dec. 18, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. That ties the highest number ever recorded in any season dating back to ...