Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and were likely killed under the weight of snow nearly as deep as a 10-storey building, Alaska state ...

The avalanche occurred on Monday near a snowmobile trail in Happy Valley, west of the city of Bend, officials said. By Yan Zhuang The authorities on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two backcountry ...

UPDATE Feb. 22, 7:20 p.m. A Mammoth Mountain ski patrol employee died Saturday as a result of injuries she suffered during an avalanche last week, officials said Saturday evening. "It is with the ...

That included extreme weather Friday night when an avalanche on Loveland Pass swept a pickup truck off the road. The driver now credits his seat belt and the help of strangers for his survival ...