A skier and physicist at the University of Colorado Boulder who studies avalanches explains what happens in an avalanche and ...

1. In February 1895, Baton Rouge saw its biggest snowfall to date with 12.5 inches of snow over two days. This looks to be ...

The biggest storm of the season increased avalanche concerns. But it was not just the new snow that concerned Moore. It was what lay nearly three feet beneath — a thin layer of perfectly ...

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. - Video captured by the Mount Washington Avalanche Center shows a wall of snow racing down the mountain on Christmas Eve. The center says the "large natural avalanche" happened ...

For example, Lake Charles, La., along the Gulf Coast, showed snowfall rates of over 1 inch per hour this morning and early ...

CAIC warns that anticipated heavy snowfall over the weekend and through New Years ... Steamboat Springs saw its biggest ever in-bounds avalanche in early December when a crown that was more than 1,000 ...

CDOT studies estimate a $1.6 million hit to the Colorado economy for every hour that I-70 must be closed for avalanche ...

Two brothers are lucky to be alive this holiday season after being caught up in an avalanche that buried one brother under snow. The avalanche happened on Christmas Eve in the Steep Hollow area of ...

Why do lifts and pistes close when the avalanche risk is high? Following periods of heavy snow and high winds resorts may be forced to temporarily close lifts and pistes while the ski patrol works ...

An Avalanche Warning is in effect until 5 ... The San Juans miss the biggest part of the snow, but 1-4 inches of new snow is possible in the areas that get snow. Southern areas of the San Juans ...

Slopes between 25 and 40 degrees run the greatest risk of avalanches. Those are also ideal for skiing, of course. If the slope is less than 25 degrees, there might be little slips, but the snow ...