Avalanche warnings The only downside to more snow is that water-heavy snow elevates avalanche danger across the state's mountains.

A team of multiple agencies went to the scene and found the man buried beneath approximately 20 feet of snow. He’d been carrying an avalanche transceiver, the statement said.

In The Conversation, a physicist explains how avalanches form and what skiers can do to escape and survive them.

Avalanches: What causes innocent-looking snow slopes to collapse? A skiing physicist explains, with tips for surviving There have already been two avalanche deaths this winter in Utah.

The WSDOT snow study plot near The Summit at Snoqualmie is adorned with all sorts of gauges and measuring equipment to monitor snowpack and avalanche danger.

A storm passing through the area Thursday dumped several inches of snow at Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows. An avalanche at Alpine Meadows in 1982 killed seven people, including several employees of ...

Forests protect against avalanches, but not every forest is equally effective. Thanks to almost 50 years of observations at ...

Know the Snow Fund (KTSF), a local nonprofit dedicated to avalanche awareness and education, announced its 10-year anniversary of service. The nonprofit was created in 2014, a year after two ...

Here's a look at how the Northwest Avalanche Center's team of forecasters determines the daily risk of avalanches in Washington's Cascades.

Utah snow forecast: ‘Very dangerous’ avalanche conditions expected with incoming storms “These are the types of avalanches that catch, carry and kill people,” said avalanche forecaster ...