Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Castle Peak, the area where a group of backcountry skiers were swept up in an avalanche, happened not far from where a snowmobiler ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Castle Peak on Donner Summit is seen on Feb. 20 after a storm. (William Hale Irwin/For the S.F. Chronicle) This week's tragedy at ...

An avalanche on one of Russia’s highest mountains has killed 11 climbers and left six others missing after a large mass of ...

15 people were caught in the massive avalanche on Castle Peak mountain on Feb. 17 Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty The cause of death for all nine people who died in a Feb. 17 avalanche ...

Callie Zanandrie is a First Alert Meteorologist with CBS News Colorado. Catch her latest First Alert Weather updates on TV and on our free streaming service, CBS News Colorado. Avalanche danger ...

Two people were killed over the weekend in separate avalanches in Idaho and Utah as dangerous backcountry conditions continue across the West. A snowmobiler died Sunday in Idaho after triggering an ...

Castle Peak, the area where a group of backcountry skiers were swept up in an avalanche, happened not far from where a snowmobiler died in a similar slide at the start of the year, and were close to ...