An avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains killed at least eight skiers, making it the deadliest such disaster in the U.S. in 45 years.

The founder of the backcountry tour company that lost three guides and six clients in one of the worst avalanche disasters in California history said that all his guides were ...

Recovering from a 400-yard-long “soft slab” avalanche, the survivors would have had mere minutes to try to locate the others who had been buried, then frantically try to dig them out.

In 1982, seven people were killed in an avalanche at the Alpine Meadows resort in North Lake Tahoe. In 2008, three men were ...

The group had spent two nights at the Frog Lake huts and was returning to the trailhead when the avalanche struck.

Eight of nine skiers buried in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains have died, ...

While the fate of the missing skiers remains unknown, Tuesday's avalanche has the potential to go down as one of the worst in modern California history.

The Friends of the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center has issued a warning about current avalanche conditions. According to a recent report, the avalanche danger ratings are now equal. The center ...

Forecasters in the Flathead and Gallatin regions say they’re recording recent human-triggered and natural snow slides.