In a gliding avalanche, the entire snowpack slides down a suitable substratum such as grass or slabs of rock. Such avalanches are always released naturally. This requires the snow on the ground to ...

Forecasters advised that both natural and human-triggered avalanches were likely due to a combination of heavy rain, snowfall ...

On Monday at 6:15 a.m. the NWS Reno NV reported an avalanche warning in effect until Tuesday at 4 a.m. for Lake Tahoe.

MT HOOD, Ore. — Officials have issued an avalanche warning for the Mount Hood area as rising temperatures and rainfall threaten to destabilize the snowpack. The warning, issued Saturday at 6:30 ...

An avalanche warning was reported by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 6:44 p.m. in effect until Sunday at 6:30 p.m. for North Oregon Cascades. The weather service says, "Very dangerous ...

Avalanche warnings are currently in effect for multiple mountain regions in North Idaho. According to the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center (IPAC), the avalanche danger is high for the Selkirk ...

Apr. 5—An avalanche warning is in place through Saturday from Girdwood to Portage Valley, Whittier and Turnagain Pass as rain, snow and strong winds are on track to overload an already unstable ...