Eight backcountry skiers have been confirmed dead and one remains missing after an avalanche Tuesday near the Frog Lake huts in the Castle Peak area north of Truckee, according to the Nevada County ...

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 ...

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 ...

Avalanche danger is expected to increase across Colorado's high country heading into the weekend as a new round of snow moves into the mountains. Brian Lazar, deputy director of the Colorado Avalanche ...

Oliver Foran hopes to set a world record for the fastest journey from sea level to the summit of Mount Everest.

Rescuers searching for nine missing skiers trapped in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe have been hamstrung in their search efforts Wednesday morning as the area was slammed with nearly 2 feet of snow. The ...