February has historically been the deadliest month for avalanches in Colorado, and with two fatal avalanches so far in ...

Higinio “Quino” Gonzalez bucked the stereotype of the backcountry guide, immersing himself in opera and languages before he ...

A soft slab avalanche was triggered at about 10,000 feet ... while another in the Lake Mary area of Big Cottonwood among those. Greg Gagne, a Utah Avalanche Center forecaster, said a "persistent ...

As Utah avalanche conditions remain dangerous, forecasters are warning backcountry users of the risks persistent weak layers pose and urging them to stay away.

An avalanche swept away two backcountry skiers in a Utah canyon, killing one and seriously injuring the other, officials ...

A 37-year-old man is dead after being buried in snow during an avalanche while riding a snowmobile in Utah. On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the Rich County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Scott Wright ...

An avalanche in Utah’s Big Cottonwood Canyon killed one person, and sent another to the hospital with significant leg injuries. The slide happened on February 8, 2025. Two skiers were caught in the ...

Wright "was caught, carried, and fully buried in a large hard slab avalanche" in the Whiskey Hill ... one because the slide was really, really big. It was one of the bigger ones I’ve seen ...

One of the skiers died in the soft-slab avalanche ... No injuries were reported in the 1:15 p.m. avalanche, KTVX said. Big Cottonwood Canyon is about a 25-mile drive southeast from Salt Lake ...