Most avalanches occur after a big snowstorm, a period of strong winds or a rapid increase in temperature. Take a slice of the deep snow, beneath where that snowflake landed. Its walls will look ...

The analysis, based on 23 years of NASA satellite data (2000–2023), reports accelerated melting in areas with higher black ...

What triggers an avalanche? Movement, rapidly changing weather, wind — any one of these ... in 2009 — and that was on a flat track, not a snow-covered slope. Most people caught in avalanches ...

As the first week of April brings a storm to Colorado’s High Country, the shift from last week’s false spring back to cold temperatures and snow signals a return of winter avalanche danger. On Tuesday ...

With heavy snow and gusty wind, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning backcountry enthusiasts to avoid the backcountry Thursday into Friday. Weather in the mountains has been up and ...

Saturday's snow slide came a day after the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center ... remained "dangerous and unstable despite calm weather." Due to these conditions, the center ...

Two people died following an avalanche on the Eiger mountain on Saturday, canton Bern police said. Five others were injured ...