Sometimes a slide happens in the form of loose snow, called a sluff ... according to the Sierra Avalanche Center. Other avalanches are made up of slabs, which happen when a large layer of snow ...

A round of late-season snowfall has blanketed Colorado’s mountains, creating powder skiing conditions at ski resorts like ...

Spending winters in the mountains with nothing but white snow on all sides can be quite relaxing. For those wanting an adrenaline rush, the snow is a great place to go skiing, snowboarding and even ...

Once the slab is released, snow and ice, along with the timber ... One guy jumped from a cliff and, as he landed, knocked loose an avalanche, and he narrowly escaped off to the side.

As a spring snowstorm passed through Colorado this week, Pikes Peak, a mountain in the state that rises above 14,000 feet, ...

warning of wind slabs and loose wet avalanches. “As winds pick up through the day, watch for newly forming slabs of drifted snow,” the forecast reads. “You can trigger avalanches that are ...

Areas to Watch: Close to ridgelines and in gullies: Wind can create firm, white pillows of drifted snow—clear indicators of potential avalanche slabs. Lingering storm snow or warming snow ...

According to an accident summary published by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), one skier was caught and injured by a wet slab avalanche ... the slow-moving snow debris.

Wind slab avalanches, which are common in Colorado, are formed by a cohesive layer of snow shaped by wind builds up over a persistent weak layer, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information ...