On Jan. 28, 2004, a freight train hauling 119 empty grain cars and three locomotives was traveling from Pasco, Wash. to Great ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) is warning backcountry travelers that the avalanche danger will rise to high ...

The Sierra Avalanche Center issued an avalanche warning for the Central Sierra Nevada early Thursday morning in response to a series of storms that have brought multiple feet of snow to mountain areas ...

Art of forecasting avalanches taught here by snow experts” announced The Aspen Times in 1980 by Michael Kennedy. “Statistically, Colorado has more avalanche related deaths that any other state……Many, ...

The slide, according to the Utah Avalanche Center’s report, involved three skiers. As two members of the party skied ahead, ...

By Shannon Lukens.   Get ready for snow. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 6 a.m. Friday through 6 p.m. Saturday night ...

"I will carry all the avalanche safety equipment consisting of a beacon, probe, shovel, avalanche airbag.” But what makes an area more dangerous for avalanches? “The shady side of the compass ...

The NWS Reno NV reported an avalanche warning at 5:43 a.m. on Sunday in effect until Monday at 4 a.m. The NWS states, "The avalanche danger remains HIGH in the backcountry through early Monday ...