Nathalie Vriend is an associate professor of thermo fluid sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. An avalanche swept up skiers at Lake Tahoe's largest ski resort on Jan. 10, 2024, as a ...
Earlier this month, ski patrollers at Big Sky Resort, Montana, reported two natural avalanches in a segment of the resort's closed terrain. The suspected cause? A mountain goat. The goat went for a ...
The behavior of an avalanche depends on the structure of the snowpack, but that’s only one ingredient. An avalanche requires all the wrong conditions at the wrong time. The angle of the mountain slope ...
LEAVENWORTH, Washington -- Three climbers have been killed in an avalanche after the lead climber accidentally triggered it while attempting to reach the peak of an 8,705 foot mountain over the ...
Skiers say an encounter in the Colorado backcountry grew ugly this past weekend when one party triggered an avalanche that swept the member of another group through a couloir at Quandary Peak. Avon ...
COPPER MOUNTAIN — The hardy skiers shoulder their skis and wade into the waist-deep powder atop the steep Patrol Chute in Spaulding Bowl. Reed Ryan, the ski area’s snow safety boss, warns the crew of ...
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