"Heavy snowfall and strong winds may be sufficient to overload very weak snow layers and cause a widespread cycle of avalanches large enough to bury, injure, or kill a person." ...

On Wednesday morning, a massive avalanche ripped down the southwest face of Ajax Peak, the landmark mountain visible from most of downtown Telluride. Tap or click the video below to watch. Keep ...

OnX Backcountry recently rolled out new in-app avalanche tools, so we tested it on a day of backcountry ski touring in Utah..

But, the fresh powder with up to a foot of accumulation in the Northern mountains will drive avalanche danger to likely increase back to considerable over the holiday weekend.

The Sawtooth Avalanche Center says because we haven’t had new snow over the past few weeks, the snow surface has become ...

Thin slabs cause fairly small amounts of damage, while the thick ones are responsible for MANY FATALITIES. Powder Snow Avalanche A mix of the other forms, Loose Snow and Slab. The bottom half of this ...

The avalanche observation reveals that 20cm (approximately 8 inches) of new snow had fallen in the 24 hours leading up to the incident. Winds were gusting at 30mph throughout the day, and snow was ...

The avalanche crown was between 1.5 and 3 feet ... up to the accident covered the older snowpack with a layer of fresh powder. The skier's spouse alerted Ouray County Search and Rescue on ...