In a gliding avalanche, the entire snowpack slides down a suitable substratum such as grass or slabs of rock. Such avalanches ...

There have been some solid powder days this season at Lookout Pass Ski Area, way up on the Idaho-Montana border.

According to Avalanche.org, falling cornices can lead to slab avalanches on the terrain below ... dangerous avalanche conditions can lurk beneath the snow’s surface. For example, the Uintas region ...

A slab avalanche is where a compacted block of snow slides down ... injured by the impact (explaining the broken ribs suffered by Zolotaryov and Dubinina, for example). The ones who escaped with mild ...

For example, the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe river ... Late-season snow can present complex avalanche conditions, however, so they’ll need to keep an eye on the weather and review avalanche ...

The Lobster House stands as the grand cathedral in this culinary landscape, perched on Fisherman’s Wharf where working ...

A skier suffered injuries in an avalanche Saturday, April 12, in the K Chute of a popular backcountry spot in Summit County ...

Over time, this process, combined with additional weight from new or wind-redistributed snow, is the prime culprit in slab avalanches, the most deadly and most common kind. In a safe, stable ...

wet avalanches, and then wet slabs.” When this week’s storm, which could drop up to a foot of snow in some places, sees next week’s “warm temperatures and strong April sunshine for the first time, it ...