In Utah and elsewhere, avalanche centers are a key pillar of the backcountry ski community. They distill complicated ...

For decades, Utah avalanche mitigation teams used howitzer cannons to blast avalanches off the mountains. But when the military encouraged them to stop firing cannons at the mountains, the ...

A 37-year-old man was killed after an avalanche "caught, carried and fully buried" him in the Utah backcountry while snowmobiling, officials said.

A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta ...

A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta ...

A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta ...

A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta ...

A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta ...

A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta ...

The methods for mitigating avalanches have changed significantly over the years in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon — and they continue to evolve today.