In a gliding avalanche, the entire snowpack slides down a suitable substratum such as grass or slabs of rock. Such avalanches ...

wet avalanches, and then wet slabs.” When this week’s storm, initially expected to drop up to a foot of snow in some places, ...

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 ...

At the time of the slide, the avalanche danger was rated as Considerable at elevations above 4500 ft with wet slabs like this one being the top problem. Temperatures in the area stayed above freezing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...