CORRECTION: This story initially stated that one person died in Saturday morning’s avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office has since issued a correction to their ...

Powder and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, a big avalanche cruised down Highland Bowl, the famed alpine area at Aspen Highlands, Colorado. The slide ...

SALT LAKE CITY — An avalanche that occurred in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Saturday morning has left two men injured. Two different groups of backcountry skiers were traveling in the canyon near Butler ...

A deadly avalanche buried a group of backcountry skiers and their guides near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada as an intense storm brought heavy snow to the region on February 17. Six of the ...

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On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, a big avalanche cruised down Highland Bowl, the famed alpine area at Aspen Highlands, Colorado. The slide, a resort representative confirmed, was set off by avalanche ...