Brazilians have a knack for naming waves. Take, for example, the two heaviest slabs that break off Rio de Janeiro and surrounding coastlines to the south: Shock and Avalanche. Yes, they break how they ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Avalanche danger is moderate in the Salt Lake area mountains after a skier triggered a soft slab avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Tuesday. According to the Utah Avalanche ...

Preliminary information released by the Sierra Avalanche Center sheds light on the deadly avalanche that occurred Tuesday, February 17, 2026, near Perry Peak above Frog Lake and Castle Peak in the ...

Eight people were killed, and one is still missing, after an avalanche buried a group of 15 backcountry skiers in Tahoe’s Donner Summit region on Tuesday. It is now the deadliest avalanche in ...

Although the fundamental constitutive laws for steel and concrete were established more than a century ago, weak layers in snow remain a mystery. There are currently two theories about how they fail.

Avalanche danger is rising across Colorado as the unusually warm weather impacts the state’s snowpack. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center warned in a news release on Thursday, March 19, that ...

It turned out to be a matter of days, not minutes. But regardless, Brazilian filmmaker couple Andressa and Jair from Straya Filmes came through with the scoop via this hair-raising highlight edit.

The group of 15 backcountry skiers would have had only seconds to process the mass of snow heading toward them — traveling at as much as 100 mph — after one skier spotted it and shouted “Avalanche!” ...

View post: The Remarkables Aims To Become New Zealand's Largest Ski Resort On Friday morning, March 20, 2206, the organization said that as temperatures climb above yesterday’s, “significant meltwater ...