This simple snowpack structure — a widespread weak layer under a thick, cohesive slab — makes for dangerous ... Popular GPS map apps have slope angle shading that helps identify slope angle and ...

An avalanche on Berthoud Pass, Colorado carried a snowboarder into a tree, snapping his board in two.

On Wednesday morning, a massive avalanche ripped down the southwest face of Ajax Peak, the landmark mountain visible from most of downtown Telluride. Tap or click the video below to watch. Keep ...

This avalanche was remotely triggered by three skiers in the slope above them. One of them lost his life in the event. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 11, 2008, issue of ...

Such avalanches have a single point of origin, from where they widen as they travel down the slope. Slab Avalanche Loose Snow Avalanches in turn could cause a Slab Avalanche, which are characterized ...

The CAIC said the D3 avalanche was triggered at about 12:30 p.m. by skiers from low-angle terrain, below steep adjacent slopes. An avalanche on the same slope in 2021 killed a snowboarder who was ...

From the east facing slope Konigsberg was ... hundreds of reports of avalanches across the state. Most of these reports describe common signs of persistent slab avalanches like remote triggers ...

the skier was caught and buried in a slab avalanche, resulting in his death. "The avalanche occurred on a northwest slope at 11,300 feet, measuring 800 feet wide with a crown up to 6 feet tall in ...

The Colorado Avalanche ... slope Konigsberg was reporting on in Summit Country, a weak facet layer present from early season snowfall experienced heavy loading with an almost 2 foot storm slab ...