Scotland's latest avalanche season has been wound up after recording the lowest number of snow slides in its almost 40-year ...

Consistent winds between 15 and 25 miles per hour propagate cornice growth, too, generating overhanging platforms of unsupportive—and unstable—snow. The best tool here is awareness.

Two climbers had to be rescued in Cairngorms National Park, after being hit by falling snow and ice from a collapsing cornice above them. These overhanging masses of snow can become unstable and ...

Two mountaineers were injured after an overhanging ledge of snow - called a cornice - collapsed, resulting in an avalanche. Three climbers were later caught up in an avalanche triggered by human ...