A large avalanche has closed a section of a central Idaho highway, and officials say the road will remain closed "until ...

Unable to find his buried friend, Wright's friend called 911 for help. Officials said the deep snow at the avalanche site prevented rescuers from finding Wright for nearly four hours. Search teams ...

Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, Inc./Facebook A woman is recovering after she found the body of her husband buried 3 feet deep in snow from an avalanche in Colorado earlier this month, authorities ...

Forecasters were cautioning Monday about potential avalanche risks following a deadly weekend and a large new avalanche in ...

An avalanche in Utah’s Big Cottonwood Canyon killed one person, and sent another to the hospital with significant leg ...

Two brothers are lucky to be alive this holiday season after being caught up in an avalanche that buried one brother under snow. The avalanche happened on Christmas Eve in the Steep Hollow area of ...

Then she went to the trailhead, found the avalanche and located her husband in a popular area for skiing known as Bollywood. He was buried in 3 feet of snow, which was too deep for a self rescue.

Time is critical — most people who live to tell the tale are rescued within the first few minutes after burial. The first in-depth studies of avalanche survival were published only 30 years ago ...

Most avalanche deaths involving a burial (more than 85 percent ... to ski with the Avalung in your mouth from the beginning of your descent. When the snow is deep, they continued, it also works as a ...