The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is reporting that two avalanche-related deaths have occurred in less than one week as the state's snowpack is reeling from a dangerous persistent weak layer. The first ...

Avalanche forecasters Mark Staples (above ... Bruce Tremper, who oversaw the Utah Avalanche Center from 1986 until his retirement in 2015 and wrote the seminal avalanche safety textbook, Staying ...

That’s when John pulled up the avalanche report, and he read it aloud.” Predicting Avalanches Mark Moore, director and lead meteorologist of the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center ...

An avalanche barreled down a Utah mountain range over the weekend, coating vehicles with the white stuff. Many regions, including the Beehive State, are currently experiencing heavy snowfall as a ...

In the must-see video above, the Utah Avalanche Center issued a high avalanche danger warning for the Salt Lake area mountains on the morning of Sunday, January 5, following heavy snowfall in the ...

The Utah Avalanche Center issued a "high" avalanche danger warning for Salt Lake area mountains on Sunday morning. “Snowpack does not like rapid change and your best bet to enjoy this newest ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Avalanche Center says that conditions in Utah's backcountry will be 'very dangerous' this weekend. The center put out a release Thursday morning saying heavy snowfall ...

The avalanche happened at around 8,400 feet elevation, according to the Utah Avalanche Center. The area where it occurred had a “persistent weak layer,” it said in a notice of the event.

The Utah Avalanche Center issued a "high" avalanche danger warning for Salt Lake area mountains on Sunday morning. “Snowpack does not like rapid change and your best bet to enjoy this newest snow is ...