“If the fatality rate had held constant, we would be talking about hundreds of people dying every year,” says Dallas Glass, an avalanche forecaster for the Northwest Avalanche Center with two decades ...

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The first day of winter starts Dec. 21 this year, yet already freezing and sub-zero temperatures are hitting much of the U.S. and Canada. A quality, ...

As heavy snowfall began to coat Turnagain Pass last week, notifications started lighting up Tim Glassett's cellphone around 10 p.m. Instead of text messages, each ping warned of avalanche activity ...

High in the Swiss Alps, Fabrice Meyer and his security team trigger minor avalanches to prevent major disasters. “In some professions, you learn everything in 10 or 12 years,” says avalanche-security ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Avalanche Center has a new executive director as the organization prepares for another winter season of forecasting avalanche hazards and educating recreationists. Nazz Kurth ...