Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center forecaster Dave Zinn cruises up a backcountry ski skin track just north of Bridger Bowl Ski Area in late March, pausing frequently ...

Brazilians have a knack for naming waves. Take, for example, the two heaviest slabs that break off Rio de Janeiro and surrounding coastlines to the south: Shock and Avalanche. Yes, they break how they ...

Preliminary information released by the Sierra Avalanche Center sheds light on the deadly avalanche that occurred Tuesday, February 17, 2026, near Perry Peak above Frog Lake and Castle Peak in the ...

Although the fundamental constitutive laws for steel and concrete were established more than a century ago, weak layers in snow remain a mystery. There are currently two theories about how they fail.

Lake Tahoe power crunch shows AI’s growing energy toll in West Lake Tahoe boat tragedy: Final desperate minutes detailed in police report California adds three new state parks, expands others When the ...

This week's deadly avalanche north of California's Lake Tahoe involved a group of 15 backcountry skiers and left only six survivors. The slide quickly became the deadliest in state history and the ...

As a historic March heat wave breaks records across the West, the Utah Avalanche Center has issued a Special Avalanche Advisory warning of soggy snow and wet avalanches. On Friday morning, March 20, ...