In the year 79 CE, the volcano erupted and launched an avalanche of debris that buried the renowned Roman town in ash and pumice. Many historians have argued over what day the catastrophe actually ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A solo snowboarder who was found dead Monday, buried under avalanche debris in Utah's Millcreek Canyon, was found after crews faced weather-caused delays, and after the ...

"The slide was reported to be relatively small, but the rider was carried into a terrain trap and buried deep in the debris," according to Avalanche.org. "He was located with an avalanche ...

The skier was not alone and their ski partner and bystanders were able to quickly extricate the skier from the rest of the debris pile. The skier was uninjured in the slide. According to the report ...

Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin will not play Thursday night against the Buffalo Sabres and is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Nichushkin missed the final 24-plus minutes two ...

A teenage skier was killed in an avalanche Christmas Day at Les Arcs, France, TF1, a French news outlet, reports. The boy was skiing with a group of six family members in an off-piste area of the ...

Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon won his first career Hart Trophy last season, and with the way he's playing, he could easily bring home a second one this season. A little under halfway ...

Passive radar for operation in remote regions This is where passive radar could be a suitable alternative for avalanche monitoring. Unlike conventional active radar, passive radar is a positioning ...

LOGAN CANYON, Utah (KUTV) — A man saved his brother swept up and carried 150 yards by an avalanche. The brothers were sledding in a bowl beneath a cliff band in Steep Hollow when the avalanche ...

Backcountry skiers and snowboarders on Vancouver Island should be cautious of wind-loaded slopes, an Avalanche Canada forecaster says, after two small skier-triggered avalanches in the past week.

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 ...