A weekslong "snow drought" in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — One person was killed in an avalanche between Snake Creek and Ant Knolls area in Wasatch County on Wednesday. The Wasatch County Sheriff's Office said the avalanche was ...

Soar above America's most challenging and spectacular hiking trails with this breathtaking drone tour. Witness the sheer ambition of Half Dome in Yosemite, California, capturing its iconic granite ...

TRUCKEE, Calif. -- Crews recovered the bodies of nine backcountry skiers who were killed by an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada, authorities said Saturday, concluding a harrowing operation that ...

Under a high avalanche warning in the Sierra, a slope near Lake Tahoe collapsed and buried a group of 15 skiers, killing at least eight people in the deadliest avalanche disaster in California history ...

At least six victims have been identified in the tragic avalanche incident on Tuesday that killed up to nine people in Sierra Nevada, near Lake Tahoe, California. Six of the victims were among a group ...

Two more skiers have died in the Lake Tahoe area on Friday, days after an avalanche killed at least eight people who were on a ski trip. Deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office responded at ...