Avalanche Forecast News Today

Gallatin County Dispatch received a text to 911 Monday at 6 p.m. from a snowmobiler who alerted officers that two people were stuck.Gallatin County Sheriff Sear

Experts with the organization are urging skiers and boarders to make conservative terrain choices this weekend.

A powerful storm has brought snow up and down the West Coast. “It’s not a weekend for the beach,” one Los Angeles County official said.

This avalanche season in Colorado has been a deadly one in the backcountry. There are several things experts encourage for anyone heading into avalanche territory.

Backcountry skier dies in avalanche at the East Vail Chutes Colorado Avalanche Information Center and last updated 2021-02-04 19:05:28-05 EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — A backcountry skier died after being caught in and avalanche at the East Vail Chutes, according to the Eagle County Sheriffs Office. The avalanche happened around 12 p.m. Thursday in the backcountry outside of Vail Mountains boundaries. The backcountry avalanche forecast for Eagle County is rated as considerable, according to the Co...

Every state has a web site dedicated to avalanche forecast. rule number two, equipment can determine the difference between life and death. >> four major piece of equipment we use in the back country. beacon, shovel, avalanche probe, and more recently, the avalanche air bag. we hope, like a seatbelt or air bag in a car, we hope not to use it. but we bring it every single trip. >> all beacons work like a mini gps helping you locate a friend buried in the snow. >> im transmitting now and somewhere...