Multiple avalanches in the Italian mountains have claimed at least 13 lives over the past week, according to Italy 's Alpine Rescue Corps and The Associated Press.

Colorado may be experiencing the lowest snowpack on record, but avalanche danger remains very real this week across the state's high country, even as calmer weather moves in.

An avalanche in Slovakia’s High Tatras mountain range has killed two Hungarian climbers, according to the country’s mountain rescue service.

A ski patroller who was caught in an avalanche Friday at Mammoth Mountain ski resort has died. Cole Murphy, 30, was part of the ski patrol team conducting avalanche mitigation work when the avalanche occurred, injuring Murphy and one other ski patroller.

Avalanche danger is declining across Colorado amid a dry spell and a season with a record-low snowpack, but recent avalanche accidents highlight the need for continued caution in the backcountry. Colorado Avalanche Information Center

SALT LAKE CITY — With more snow on the way this winter, it’s time to prepare for avalanches. And the Utah Avalanche Center says staying safe starts with awareness and preparation. “It’s been a warm, dry start to the winter," Greg Gagne, a ...

In terms of area, forest is the most important means of avalanche protection. It is also the most cost-effective and is naturally renewable. This insight hit home after the winter of 1951, when over 1,

Avalanche danger is expected to increase across Colorado's high country heading into the weekend as a new round of snow moves into the mountains.

A snowmobiler was killed after an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range buried him in snow on Jan. 5, authorities said. The avalanche unfolded the afternoon of Jan. 5 in the area of Johnson and Castle peaks, near Truckee, California, which ...

An avalanche in Slovakia’s High Tatras mountain range killed two Hungarians, the country’s mountain rescue service said Friday. It said the two were male climbers age