Rapid warming can cause some pretty big issues and instabilities in the snowpack, which was the case at Crystal Mountain, WA ...

A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month.

Avalanche Canada has revealed that the avalanche was a Size 3, persistent slab on a West-Northwest facing aspect. The slide was triggered at 2300m (7,500ft) of elevation. The observation report has a ...

Avalanche Canada warns backcountry users that snow conditions across the Rockies remain highly unstable, with human-triggered avalanches likely. After a week of widespread natural avalanche activity, ...

An avalanche has trapped three skiers under a pile of snow nearly as deep as a 10-story building in the Alaska backcountry.

This Sunday, March 23, 2025, image released by the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center shows the aftermath of a slab avalanche that killed a snow machine rider on Saturday, March 22 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month. Alaska State Troopers said the body of 16-year-old ...

Two snowmobilers were caught in the slab avalanche, which buried and killed one of them. Photo by Nicolas Cool via Unsplash An avalanche triggered by snowmobilers swept away two people ...

Below about 6,500 feet, rain on recent snow has created widespread wet snow avalanche hazards. Above this elevation, unstable slabs of new and drifted snow have formed. Large natural wet snow ...

This Sunday, March 23, 2025, image released by the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center shows the aftermath of a slab avalanche that killed a snow machine rider on Saturday, March 22 ...

Photo: Brent Okita and Andrew Longstreth/Crystal Mountain At the time of the slide, the avalanche danger was rated as Considerable at elevations above 4500 ft with wet slabs like this ...

A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month. Alaska State Troopers said the body of 16-year-old Tucker Challan of Soldotna was ...