My instructor iterated that it’s now our responsibility to say something if we see someone unknowingly taunting fate in avalanche terrain. Ashley Thess. The bottom line is, if you are recreating in or ...

On terrain without obstacles or trees (where impact is one of the leading causes of avy deaths) an avalanche airbag pack can increase your chance of staying close to the top of a slide.

As you get more into winter sports like skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling, chances are you’ll want to explore the sidecountry or backcountry. Depending on your region and terrain, this can ...

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a sea change in terms of people’s attitudes, perception, and behavior about recreating in avalanche-prone terrain, especially skiing in the backcountry.

Avalanche beacons (otherwise called avalanche transceivers) can save your life when snowmobiling, skiing, hunting, or hiking in avalanche terrain. Before heading out, each member of your party turns ...

We only open terrain because we think it won’t avalanche, but we can never be sure.” For my part, I was skiing in Montana about 130 miles from Silver Mountain at my adopted home hill the same ...

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

In the U.S. about 27 people die in avalanches each year. Colorado is by far the deadliest state, with 62 avalanche deaths recorded from 2005 to 2015. And among the 270 Colorado deaths since 1950 ...

An avalanche warning was in effect for much of the state Monday for the Park Range, Flat Tops, Gore Range, Summit County, Front Range and northern Sawatch Mountains, as the avalanche center warned ...

With up to 14 inches of snow falling in the mountains of southwestern Montana, the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center on Friday reminded backcountry users — including hunters — to be ...

While New Hampshire may not boast the same levels of extreme alpine terrain as some western states, the White Mountains are no stranger to avalanches. Just this week, a large avalanche was caught ...

Colorado avalanche officials are warning backcountry travelers to stay out of avalanche terrain after roughly 500 avalanches were reported throughout the state in the past week amid a series of ...