An avalanche has trapped three skiers under a pile of snow nearly as deep as a 10-story building in the Alaska backcountry.

Avalanche season ramps up with the heavy snowfalls in the late fall — but activity typically peaks around February each ...

On March 2, 2025, a devastating avalanche at the Border Roads Organisation camp in Uttarakhand killed at least eight people ...

Heli-skiing is a type of backcountry skiing that ... that sounds or vibrations trigger avalanches, and that is not correct at all. There needs to be a physical force on the snowpack for an ...

Each winter about 25 people on average die in avalanches in the U.S., with most occurring in the wilderness, according to the National Avalanche Center. They are rare at ski resorts, which manage ...