Earlier this month, a Ridgway man was killed in an avalanche in the San Juan Mountains at MODERATE avalanche danger. Click ...

A skier and physicist at the University of Colorado Boulder who studies avalanches explains what happens in an avalanche and ...

On Jan. 7, 57-year-old Donald Moden Jr. hit the slopes for a solo ski trip on Red Mountain Pass in Colorado. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Cen ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Northwest Avalanche Center has issued an avalanche warning for Mount Hood, the west slopes of the Washington Cascades and the Stevens and Snoqualmie passes until 6 p ...

CDOT studies estimate a $1.6 million hit to the Colorado economy for every hour that I-70 must be closed for avalanche ...

A large avalanche in western Wyoming on the Togwotee Pass killed an experienced outdoorsman and left another skier injured during the first weekend of 2025.

“Avalanche terrain is just our fancy word for any place in the mountains that an avalanche can occur, and it's not just the steep slope, it's where avalanches start, run and stop,” Glass explaine ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center reports that a backcountry skier was caught, buried, and killed in an avalanche ...

Avalanches on average cause 27 deaths per year in the United States, but the good news is there are a lot of resources that ...

December is typically the snowiest month on Mount Washington, with peak snowfall often occurring in the fourth week of the month. The Avalanche Center emphasized how critical it is to be able to ...