After a powerful Monday storm delivered more than 21 inches of snow along the Park City ridgeline, the Utah Avalanche Center ...

Venturing into the backcountry is as alluring as it is dangerous. As soon as you enter terrain that has not been mitigated for avalanche risk, you take the risk of being injured or killed in an ...

The stability of Colorado’s current snowpack is comparable to a house of cards, as demonstrated by the number of avalanche warnings, watches and special avalanche advisories issued by the Colorado ...

Recently, I heard rumors that OnX Backcountry was adding an ATES overlay to its digital mapping program. For many people, that sentence probably leaves them scratching their heads, but for me–a ...

A skier in the Gore Range had a close call with a relatively large avalanche on Monday, May 27, highlighting the continued need for caution in the backcountry, according to the Colorado Avalanche ...

On Wednesday, Colorado suffered its fourth avalanche fatality of 2010 when a snowboarder riding in backcountry terrain was caught in a slide and carried down Steep Gully #1. None of the riders in the ...

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