An unstable snowpack due to topsy-turvy weather late last year was one of the factors behind the first deadly avalanche of ...

The avalanche was 800 feet wide and traveled 400 feet vertically, the agency wrote.

An experienced solo backcountry skier and a one-time member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team was the person who died in an ...

She spotted an avalanche on the slope, initiated a transceiver search and immediately acquired a signal, the report said. She ...

The Ridgway man who died Jan. 7 in an avalanche in southwestern Colorado was found by his wife, who went to the trail after ...

OURAY COUNTY, Colo. (Gray News) - A woman found her husband dead in three feet of snow after an avalanche in Colorado.

Traveling alone in the backcountry significantly increases the risk of avalanche danger, as if an avalanche occurs, you are ...

Ouray Mountain Rescue Team on Facebook A woman’s husband missed a scheduled check-in with her while skiing alone in Colorado’s backcountry, so she set out to find him herself, officials said.