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How To Use Your Ski Poles To Determine Slope Angles & Avoid Avalanche Terrain

Crested Butte Upgrades Avalanche Safety Ahead Of 65th Anniversary Season

Colorado Installs Innovative Avalanche and Rockfall Fencing On Vail Pass

Avalanche Forecasting Needs to Change

That's the claim from the new department head of Switzerland's Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Pascal Haegeli. He intends to develop the avalanche warning system and bri...

Powder Mountain Resort Installs 3 Remote Avalanche Control Towers Ahead of New Terrain Expansion

After two years of planning and multiple agencies working together, Utah’s Powder Mountain is proud to announce their new avalanche mitigation infrastructure for this zone within D...

Inquiry hears avalanche danger moderate on day of 2021 fatal Banff snow slide

A Parks Canada official in charge of visitor safety said the avalanche danger was rated moderate and didn’t need updating on the day of a fatal 2021 snow slide.

Arapahoe Basin Proposes Avalanche Mitigation, Parking, & Snowmaking Expansion

Avalanche Pass Trail to reopen this winter, DEC says

The New York State DEC has been repairing the Avalanche Pass Trail all summer, since severe storms caused a landslide more than one year ago. Now, officials say the popular access...

Successful Use of Drone in Avalanche Rescues

Val Thorens in France has been trialing its use. It is claimed the drone has been helpful and could be an integral part of mountain rescue across ski resorts. NEW The post Successf...

Federal Approval for Avalanche Drones in USA

The Federal Aviation Administration has granted regulatory approval for the operation of the MONTIS drone-based avalanche control system. NEW The post Federal Approval for Avalanch...

Word of the Day: avalanche

This word has appeared in 226 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

Tahoe Mountain Guide Company Fined By State Over Avalanche Deaths

The backcountry skiing guide company whose guides led a group of skiers through blizzard conditions and into the path of an avalanche in February has been hit with a fine by Cal/OS...

11 Climbers Killed In Massive Avalanche @ Mount Mizhirgi, Russia

Two Ski Tour Guides in Switzerland On Trial After Fatal Avalanche

Two 18-year-old students died in the tragedy in March 2023 in the Bernese Oberland. They are charged with multiple counts of manslaughter through negligence. NEW The post Two Ski T...

Major Storm Triggers Landslides And Severe Avalanche Risks At New Zealand’s Treble Cone Ski Area

Criminal probe into deadly Tahoe avalanche moves forward as redacted reports leave questions unanswered

Months after a deadly avalanche buried a group of Lake Tahoe skiers, law enforcement officials have concluded their investigation and submitted their findings to Nevada County pros...

Further Rockfalls Threaten the Alps

The situation near the Weisshorn in Switzerland is worsening with the alert now raised to Level 3 after further glacier collapses. There are fresh warnings of more to come in the F...

Backcountry Skier Puts Body On The Line To Save Little Brother From Uncontrolled Slide Into Rocks

Big brother saves his little brother from sliding into boulder field.

How Avalanche Rescue Dogs Get Officially Certified 

Fascinating look behind the training regimen for a dog and handler working towards...

5 Essential Safety Tips For Beginner Hikers

Nepal’s deadly debris avalanche is a warning for the rest of the world

Avalanches like the one that devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet are becoming more common thanks to climate change. Here’s where else is at risk

Kabardino-Balkaria Avalanche Deathtoll Climbs to 13 as Rescue Efforts Continue

The avalanche swept down Mount Mizhirgi, one of the highest peaks in the North Caucasus, on Sunday, hitting a group of around 30 climbers.

Avalanche in Kabardino-Balkaria Kills 11 Climbers

The avalanche swept down Mount Mizhirgi, one of the highest peaks in Russia's North Caucasus.

Monitoring Continues on Mountain Above Swiss Village Threatened by Landslide

The village of Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland is threatened by the collapse of the Spitze Stei rock formation.  The area is under constant monitoring, evacuation plans are prep...