The group of 15 backcountry skiers headed out on a three-day trek organized by Blackbird Mountain Guides into pristine wilderness near Frog Lake in California's Sierra Nevada as a powerful winter ...
Snow scientist Craig Clements says a snow drought likely contributed to this week’s deadly avalanche in the Sierra Nevada, where eight people died and one is still missing, New snow falling on top of ...
This is the moment an avalanche thundered down Mount Everest before swallowing a camp in wave of snow. The fast-moving ...
A weekslong “snow drought” in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making ...
A Utah man is recovering from frostbite after surviving a deadly avalanche while descending Nepal’s Makalu mountain.