The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area has released a draft master plan for future upgrades to the ski area, including additional parking, ...

If the new snow in the mountains has you thinking of strapping on your skis and heading into the backcountry this weekend, Avalanche Canada has some advice — “err on the side of caution ...

A teenager died after triggering an avalanche at a mountain pass in southern Alaska, authorities and officials said, marking the state's fourth snow slide fatality this month. The body of Tucker ...

STEVENS PASS, Wash. – Avalanche control will take place on Highway 2 at Stevens Pass early Saturday morning, March 22, 2025, beginning at 4 a.m. According to the Washington State Department of ...

The process is called avalanche control or mitigation. Starting in the late 1990s, the department had a force of three tanks for avalanche control, but that number dwindled to one M60 by 2015 ...

Three skiers were likely killed when an avalanche swept them away on a remote mountain range in Alaska, authorities said Wednesday. The three adult skiers were flown by helicopter to the remote ...

Last Friday, February 28, 2025, a snowmobiler was killed by an avalanche northwest of Mazama, Washington, near Harts Pass, according to a preliminary report from the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC).

when the avalanche occurred on Thursday, officials said. By Neil Vigdor A backcountry snowboarder was killed in an avalanche on Thursday in a remote part of southwestern Colorado, the fourth ...

STEVENS PASS, Wash. — Highway 2 near the summit of Steven's Pass will be closed Thursday morning for avalanche control. According to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT ...

The avalanche occurred on Monday near a snowmobile trail in Happy Valley, west of the city of Bend, officials said. By Yan Zhuang The authorities on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two backcountry ...

As the mountain snow piles up, WSDOT crews use the two-meter mark on the snow stick as the benchmark when they often begin considering avalanche control measures to keep snow from sliding off the ...