Skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers encourage a backcountry safety mindset — to reduce fatalities — at the annual Wyoming ...

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 ...

Two deaths that are under investigation by the Lubbock Police Department are currently believed to not be criminal in nature.

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.

The Dolkha district administration office said that eight other climbers who were injured in the avalanche were flown to the ...

Mt. Semeru erupted again on Saturday, sending a column of smoke and ash about 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) above its peak in ...

ROME — Five German mountaineers died after being hit by an avalanche in South Tyrol, in northern Italy, rescuers said on Sunday. Three victims — two men and a woman — had already been recovered dead ...

When a person is trapped in an avalanche, there is very little time before their oxygen supply runs out. A new safety device that channels air to the buried person’s face may extend survival and ...

As winter sets in the last frontier, backcountry enthusiasts are preparing to stay safe where they will likely be on their ...