The slab avalanche was likely dry when it started ... The avalanche is nearly identical to the Valentine Day avalanche in 2019." The sheer volume of snow that is deposited in the runout zone ...

This season the western U.S. is especially prone to one of the worst layers for wet slabs—depth hoar. Doug Chabot is the director of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center based in Bozeman, ...

The riders, "knowingly ducked a rope closure line" and triggered a D2 wind slab avalanche that caught three of the four riders in the group. The observation does not include a photo of the avalanche ...

According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) social media statement, the skier was caught and buried in a slab avalanche, resulting in his death. "The avalanche occurred on a ...

A snowboarder triggered – and then outpaced – a slab avalanche on Mount Washington in Sargent’s Purchase, New Hampshire, on November 29. Andrew Drummond captured this video showing the ...

“Since Christmas, we have received hundreds of reports of avalanches,” the CAIC said in a social post. “Most reports describe Persistent Slab avalanche behavior with remote ...

The riders, "knowingly ducked a rope closure line" and triggered a D2 wind slab avalanche that caught three of the four riders in the group. The observation does not include a photo of the ...