Little Cottonwood Canyon Has the Highest Uncontrolled Avalanche Hazard Index of Any Major Highway Globally To get to Alta Ski Area, you have to travel up the world’s avalanchiest canyon, SR-210, also ...

As we sit on the doorstep of spring’s equinox, a storm dispatch from Alta Ski Area indicates winter’s fury is not prepared to surrender its stronghold in the refuge of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. Around ...

A small number of vehicles were struck by an avalanche in Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, as a storm pounded the area with snow, according to videos shared on social ...

The 150-foot-wide avalanche slid about 700 feet at the 10,000-foot elevation in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Photo by Nicolas Cool via Unsplash An avalanche swept away two backcountry skiers in a Utah ...

The 150-foot-wide avalanche slid about 700 feet at the 10,000-foot elevation of the east bowl of the Silver Fork area of Big Cottonwood Canyon, near Alta Ski Area, KSL reported.

The 150-foot-wide avalanche slid about 700 feet at the 10,000-foot elevation of the east bowl of the Silver Fork area of Big Cottonwood Canyon, near Alta Ski Area, KSL reported.

An avalanche mitigation caused snow to plunge down the mountain in Utah. Dramatic footage shows the avalanche gathering speed as it slides down a hillside on January 5, blocking the SR-210 road ...

“Search and rescue teams from AirMed, DPS, Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake Search and Rescue, Wasatch Backcountry Rescue, Alta Ski Area, and Utah Avalanche Center responded, found ...

A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said. The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of ...

Utah is known for its snow. The storms that pass through the state deposit heaps of powder at famed ski resorts like Alta and Snowbird, providing bottomless turns. Alta, during an average season ...