and when wind blows snow into dense slabs downwind of ridges or in gullies. That's exactly what happened across western Montana for about the past 10 days, and similar wintry conditions are ...

Wind slab sitting on near-surface crust is the ... few ventured out to find some turns in lower elevations and digging snow pits. Credit: Avalanche Canada user submitted report by AvCan Vancouver ...

On what was estimated to be their seventh lap, they dropped in under some rocks on a northwest facing slope when a facet layer failed beneath a hard wind slab causing an avalanche. The avalanche ...

On what was estimated to be their seventh lap, they dropped in under some rocks on a northwest facing slope when a facet layer failed beneath a hard wind slab causing an avalanche ... dropped 24 ...

Skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers should make conservative terrain choices, avoiding slopes where the wind is blowing snow onto them, and overhead hazards, Halik said. The slabs are likely to ...

An large avalanche happened on Mount Washington on Christmas Eve, according to the Mount Washington Avalanche Center. No one was injured in the avalanche. The avalanche happened on Hillman's ...

MOST OF US HIT THE DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO FOR THE AIR TEMPERATURE, NOT THE WIND CHILL MINUS NINE ... BUT A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW. THEN WE HAVE A DRY, SUNNY FORECAST WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE ...

Several states could see snow squalls and icy wind chills in the coming days, the National Weather Service (NWS) has warned, as Arctic air was forecast to spread south and east from the Rockies ...