Researchers from Simon Fraser University are urging snowshoers and winter hikers to get clued up on avalanche safety after a new study found a concerning lack of awareness among those taking part in ...

Nov. 19—The 15th annual Northern Rockies Snow and Avalanche Workshop, an entire day of learning dedicated to snow and avalanches, filled the Whitefish Performing Arts Center last weekend with experts ...

The article offers beginner tips for safe backcountry skiing, emphasizing avalanche awareness and education. Essential skills: master resort skiing, get avalanche training, and learn to use safety ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has teamed up with backcountry professionals to offer a free online course aimed at introducing essential avalanche safety concepts to winter travelers.

OGDEN — Snow is starting to return to the mountains, and with it, a potentially deadly threat. The first week in December marks Avalanche Awareness Week and entities — both local and statewide — are ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Because sound avalanche awareness isn’t important just for ski mountaineers who climb towering backcountry peaks in search of pristine powder slopes, the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. For more than three decades, Friends of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center has worked ...