Skier killed after group triggers avalanche in Wyoming National Park - The avalanche happened Saturday in a backcountry area ...
A skier was killed and another injured after the group they were in triggered a large avalanche while ascending a mountain in ...
An avalanche killed one skier and injured another after the group they were in triggered the large snowslide while ascending ...
Structural repairs on a County Durham promenade that partially collapsed last year have been completed - with hopes to fully ...
A skier was killed and another injured due to a large avalanche in a backcountry area 20 miles east of Grand Teton National ...
Friday, December 20 was the first day COAC cited a deep persistent slab problem in the their avalanche forecast. According to their report, this deep persistent layer has been found present above tree ...
Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest. Snow shattered and spilled down the slope.
The skier took his first run down a tightly treed slope back to the road and decided to go further ... CAIC had cited a persistent slab layer and a wind slab as avalanche problems for the day with ...
The skier triggered the hard-slab avalanche at tree line ... but another wave of snow hit him from above and carried him down the slope. The avalanche dragged him under and he lost both skis, the ...
To the northwest, the slab seems to have broken loose from the surrounding crust and slid to the southeast along a vast, gently sloping surface, forming an immense landslide. The Valles Marineris ...
Avalanche Claims Life of Experienced Skier** A devastating avalanche in western Wyoming claimed the life of a seasoned skier, underscoring the inherent dangers of backcountry winter sports. Kenneth ...
Slab avalanches, which occur when a wide layer of a hardened snow slides down a slope, are responsible for the most deaths, according to the forest service. Gagne says that in the vast majority of ...