Billy Newman had two questions on his mind on Thursday morning: would he need to blast the mountain later that day? And if so, when? Snow had begun barrelling across parts of Highway 50 the night ...

From rescuing errant skiers to monitoring avalanches, the unsung heroes of the mountains put one writer through his paces ...

Heavy Sierra snow, soaking rain and gusty winds are expected to cause several impacts across the Northern California region ...

Drivers traveling to or from Jackson, Wyoming, may need to plan an alternate route. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) has scheduled a closure of Hoback Canyon for Friday, February 14 at ...

DENVER — Colorado transportation officials plan to nearly double the number of remotely controlled avalanche blasters installed on mountain ridges above highways, a project estimated to cost ...

The avalanche was first confirmed at around 8:20 a.m. on April 9 near the Osawa-kuzure valley, according to the land ministry’s Fuji sand erosion control office in Fujinomiya city in the prefecture.