In a gliding avalanche, the entire snowpack slides down a suitable substratum such as grass or slabs of rock. Such avalanches ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This Sunday, March 23, 2025, image released by the Chugach National ...

As the first week of April brings a storm to Colorado’s High Country, the shift from last week’s false spring back to cold ...

Intense thunderstorms sweeping through the Rio Grande Valley are unleashing unleashed flash floods across multiple counties ...

“So it kind of produced a really significant layer for slab avalanches — and then into the beginning of March, the snow really started coming as it normally does.’ “We’ve gotten all that ...

At the time of the slide, the avalanche danger was rated as Considerable at elevations above 4500 ft with wet slabs like this one being the top problem. Temperatures in the area stayed above freezing ...

"Natural storm slabs were observed on northwest alpine slopes, suspected to have run overnight on Wednesday. Several dry loose [avalanches] were reported from steep terrain at treeline around ...

This Sunday, March 23, 2025, image released by the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center shows the aftermath of a slab avalanche that killed a snow machine rider on Saturday, March 22 ...

People are being advised to avoid avalanche terrain during periods of heavy loading from new snow and wind. "Another 40 to 60 cm of new snow is expected by Friday afternoon, forming touchy and ...

The most recent incident was on Feb. 28 in Washington state, where three snowmobilers triggered a large slab avalanche, the National Avalanche Center reported. One person was buried and killed in ...