An avalanche during a heavy, wet snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada killed at least eight skiers on a guided backcountry excursion.

Then there needs to be a trigger. A snowpack may be seemingly stable until a snowmobile or skier disturbs it enough that the snow starts to move. Strong winds or rock falls may also cause an avalanche ...

Nathalie Vriend, a skier and physicist at the University of Colorado Boulder who studies avalanches, explains what happens in an avalanche and techniques for surviving one.

We use a technique called photoelasticity and create thin avalanches to reveal what’s going on inside the avalanche. We track ...

Avalanches are becoming more frequent. Here’s how to survive one - There are a few things you can do to increase your chances of survival ...

IS there such a thing as too much snow? When booking a ski holiday in Europe, you’re usually panicking there won’t be enough. But this month, my seven-year-old son and I travelled to La Thuile, in ...

Avalanche Canada says 100 cm of snow has fallen in the alpine across mid Vancouver Island over the last two days.

While active weather is set to wind down Wednesday after turbulent conditions the past two days, the impacts of the storms ...

A storm that is dumping piles of Sierra snow and soaking rain on the Northern California region is expected to bring more on Tuesday.

Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders delivered a powerful message in Episode 2 of the Buffs “Elevate Together” YouTube series, making it clear that 2026 will be defined by one expectation inside the ...

A propaganda darling of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of multi-million-dollar fraud. Lieutenant Colonel ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, marks the climax and end of the weekslong Carnival season and a final chance for indulgence, feasting and revelry before the Christian Lent period of sacrifice ...