Most forecasts include information about avalanche risks at specific elevations, slope angles, and aspects. Understanding why certain types of avalanches are more prone to occur is also an ...

I tested onX Backcountry’s built-in ATES layering feature that makes it easier to plot safe routes for skiing, snowshoeing ...

Andy showed us how they had changed the colors of the slope angle shading to provide for a bigger range of skiable, and less avalanche prone areas. Comparing the difference between slope angle ...

Today, the West Central Montana Avalanche Center cautioned that large, three to five-foot-deep persistent slab avalanches are possible in the Rattlesnake Area near Mt. Jumbo. "If you want to avoid ...

A special avalanche warning has been issued for backcountry users across British Columbia and western Alberta, as a ...

The couple had been skiing when an avalanche happened Monday at 6,700 feet on a south-facing slope, the Central Oregon Avalanche Center said in a social media post. “We extend our deepest ...

Andrew Kennedy, 40, of East Wenatchee was buried in 6 feet of snow for about 45 minutes before rescuers dug him out, first ...