Stretches of calm weather in the mountains might seem harmless, but they can quietly increase avalanche danger over time. And traveling in groups doesn’t always make skiers and snowshoers safer.

An avalanche in Italy’s South Tyrol has killed two skiers and injured several others, after sweeping through a busy high ...

A heli-ski company releases a statement after a man died following an avalanche Friday. And the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center explains the "problematic" snow pack its seen lately in the ...

A devastating avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California has left eight backcountry skiers dead and one person still missing, ...

Earlier in the season, Italy’s Alpine rescue service called for “maximum caution” across most of the Alpine arc.

The founder of the guiding company facing a criminal investigation after deadly Lake Tahoe avalanche is a highly accomplished skier and mountaineer with two summits of Mt. Everest under his belt. Zeb ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grief and shock settled over Truckee after a deadly avalanche near Donner Pass. Nine people died in what was California's ...

An avalanche in Italy's South Tyrol region has claimed the lives of two skiers, the country's mountain rescue service ...

An investigation is underway to determine if the deadly avalanche incident in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains -- that left several people dead -- involved criminal negligence, according to the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A spate of backcountry avalanches following heavy snowfall have claimed 11 lives in what until the past week has been a down year for precipitation in the West. The wave of storms ...