The SBX backpack system from Safeback is designed to pull and deliver oxygen from snow if the wearer is buried by an avalanche, thus increasing their survival time. A group of intrepid volunteers has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least eight backcountry skiers are dead after a group of 15 were swept away by an avalanche Tuesday near Castle Peak in the ...

(CNN) — The eight friends found joy in the mountains, skiing together across the untracked powder of the hushed, pristine wilderness of California’s Sierra Nevada — their close friendship standing out ...

In Utah, a man snowmobiling with his young son was killed when an avalanche broke free Feb. 18, 2026, in a popular area for backcountry recreation, according to the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office. A ...

Changing weather patterns in the Sierra Nevada are challenging some long-held safety assumptions held by ski guides and avalanche professionals. This dynamic may have contributed to the deadly ...

The slide occurred on January 10 at Haiyaha Couloir, a steep gully in the park that is popular with backcountry skiers and snowboarders. Filmed from the point of view of one of the snowboarders, the ...

At least eight backcountry skiers are dead after a group of 15 were swept away by an avalanche Tuesday near Castle Peak in the Lake Tahoe area, The Sacramento Bee reported. Six were rescued and the ...