Backcountry skier dies after being buried in Idaho avalanche
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A backcountry skier has died after being buried by an avalanche in Idaho, offici...
Avalanches
Search crews recover bodies of 2 skiers buried by Utah avalanche
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Search crews on Friday recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were sw...
Utah avalanche triggers search for 3 skiers in mountains outside of Salt Lake City
Rescue crews were searching for three skiers following an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outsid...
Utah man dies in avalanche while backcountry skiing in western Montana
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — A Utah man died after being caught in an avalanche while backcountry skiing i...
Oregon avalanche forecaster dies in snowslide he triggered while skiing
NORTH POWDER, Ore. (AP) — An avalanche forecaster died in a snowslide he triggered while skiing in e...
2 snowmobilers killed in separate avalanches in Washington and Idaho
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Two snowmobilers were killed in separate avalanches in Washington state and in ...
Skiier killed, 2 others hurt after falling about 1,000 feet in Alaska avalanche
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An avalanche on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula killed one backcountry skiller and...
Avalanches kill skier, snowmobiler in Rockies as dangerous snow conditions persist across the West
CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. (AP) — A backcountry skier and a snowmobiler were killed in separate avalanches...
Avalanche forecasters try to curb deaths as skiers and snowmobilers flock to backcountry areas
COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — As Wesley Mlaskoch motored his snowmobile across a mountain in the Montana ...
Avalanche kills snowboarder in Colorado backcountry
OPHIR, Colo. (AP) — An avalanche killed a 67-year-old man as he was snowboarding solo in the Colorad...
Body of skier retrieved from Idaho backcountry after avalanche that forced rescue of 2 other men
MULLAN, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in Idaho on Friday located and retrieved the body of a man who was ...
The avalanche risk is high in much of the western US. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As a massive winter storm dumped snow across much of the western U.S., winter sp...
Search underway for 3 people missing after avalanche hits Idaho back country
MULLAN, Idaho (AP) — A search was underway Thursday night for three people caught in an avalanche in...
Searches underway following avalanche at California ski resort near Lake Tahoe
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Search teams were deployed following an avalanche Wednesday at a Calif...
Two hikers on snowshoes, hit by avalanche in Italian Alps near Switzerland, are dead, rescuers say
ROME (AP) — Two hikers on snowshoes were killed by an avalanche in the Italian Alps near Switzerland...
An avalanche killed 2 skiers on Mont Blanc. A hiker in the French Alps also died in a fall
PARIS (AP) — An avalanche on Mont Blanc swept two skiers to their deaths and left another injured, w...
A big avalanche has closed the highway on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage
SEWARD, Alaska (AP) — A large avalanche and blizzard conditions in southern Alaska cut off road acce...
Skier triggers avalanche on Mount Washington, suffers life-threatening injury
GORHAM, N.H. (AP) — A skier suffered a life-threatening leg injury after triggering an avalanche whi...
Avalanche in west Iran kills 5 mountain climbers and injures another 4
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An avalanche killed five mountain climbers and injured four others from an all-I...
American mountaineer, local guide dead after avalanches hit Tibetan mountain. Two others are missing
BEIJING (AP) — American mountaineer Anna Gutu and a Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa were confirmed Sun...