Sometimes even the smallest thing can create a massive snow slide, which quickly grows to avalanche intensity. Even something as simple as soundwaves or a simple walk across a path with a body’s ...

A wet loose avalanche near Loveland Pass caught a skier on Sunday, May 12, 2024, according to a Colorado Avalanche Information Center field report. There were no injuries reported.

Loose, wet avalanches possible in much of Colorado's mountain regions According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, there is a concern for wet avalanche activity across Colorado this ...

Because of this, the weak layers of snow normally don't last as long there. Avalanche danger is already starting to stabilize in California after a 10-foot snowstorm last week.

Tens of millions of Americans from Kansas to Washington, D.C. were under winter storm advisories. As the amount of snow increases, so does the possibility of an avalanche.

A snow suffocation accident can happen when a skier or snowboarder falls – usually headfirst – into a tree well or deep loose snow and becomes immobilized and trapped under the snow and ...