In The Conversation, a physicist explains how avalanches form and what skiers can do to escape and survive them.

Logan O’Connor put the Avs on the board first with his fifth of the season at 3:46 of the opening period. Josh Manson caught ...

It’s been a mixed week of weather in the Alps after the sunny Christmas and New Year period. Cold temperatures and heavy ...

Geomorphologist and veteran climber Ludovic Ravanel is learning how Mont Blanc is shifting—and sharing his discoveries with the Alpine community ...

As small glaciers in China’s arid north-west melt, scientists scramble to understand the changes taking place.

A massive avalanche was seen cascading down onto State Route 210 in Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah on January 4. The impressive spectacle was an intentionally triggered controlled slide as part of ...

Ski patrollers miffed by wages they say are too low for high living costs have put a wrench in operations at the biggest U.S.

One person is dead after an avalanche was triggered by four skiers on a mountain in western Wyoming's backcountry, just as Winter Storm Blair barrels across America ...

The winter storm is working its way eastwards across the US, with a potential major impact of snowfall on the east coast, in Washington and Maryland. A moderate impact of snow is forecasted for parts ...

A strike by the ski patrol at Park City Resort, North America’s largest ski area by acreage, has shut a majority of the Utah ski area for more than a week at the resort’s busiest time of the year.

Luckily, no one has been killed this avalanche season, but there have been 17 people buried/partially buried already. Let's ...