A major winter system is moving into British Columbia, bringing heavy alpine snow. This forecast covers expected snowfall totals for key highway passes and discusses the rising avalanche danger, with ratings moving to considerable and high in several areas.

The Sawtooth Avalanche Center issued a warning for the Galena Summit and Eastern Mountains and Sawtooth and Western Smoky Mountains zones.The avalanche danger i

A Montana skier survived a backcountry avalanche caught on POV video. Forecasters say the avalanche risk could increase in the coming days.

A small avalanche hit the black-diamond trail known as The Wall at the Holiday Valley Resort in Ellicottville, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 15. The trail was closed at the time, and no one was injured.

Avalanche danger is high today, with strong to extreme winds and heavy snow creating very dangerous conditions. The avalanche hazard is expected to peak this mo

In the backcountry near Cooke City, Montana, a snowmobiler was fully buried for between 12 and 15 minutes after being caught by a “very large” avalanche, but survived, according to local avalanche forecasters.

The storm that rocked the low-lying regions of the West Kootenay triggered numerous explosive storm slab avalanches up to size two at all elevations across the region’s mountains, according to Avalanche Canada (AC).

An avalanche on an expert trail at Holiday Valley surprised skiers this week—but the resort says it’s not the first time. What makes this slope so prone to slides?

The behavior of an avalanche depends on the structure of the snowpack, but that’s only one ingredient. An avalanche requires all the wrong conditions at the wrong time. The angle of the mountain slope is important. Slopes between 25 and 40 degrees run ...

A male snowmobiler survived an avalanche near Cooke City on Thursday, with the help of six snowmobilers nearby.