Wyssen Towers, a form of Remote Avalanche Control System, can control slides from afar.

STEVENS PASS, Wash. – US 2 at Stevens Pass will temporarily close on early Friday for the Washington Department of Transportation to perform avalanche control. The closure will take place at 4 a.m. on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solitude Mountain Resort, Utah, is showing off one of the newer techniques it’s using to control avalanches: Wyssen Towers. Set to ...

Avalanche season in the Cascades and Olympics is here. This season’s first avalanche fatalities occurred late last week near Mt. Stuart and the Enchantments north of Cle Elum. Two others were in the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The gas-powered avalanche blasters that Colorado first installed a decade ago are failing, forcing state transportation officials to replace 10 units on ...

A California ski patroller who died from injuries suffered during avalanche control work at a California ski resort last Friday was from Tacoma. Cole Murphy, 30, was always proud to tell people he was ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning of dangerous avalanche conditions in the Park Range on Friday. “You can easily trigger slides large ...

A snowmobiler was killed after an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range buried him in snow on Jan. 5, authorities said. The avalanche unfolded the afternoon of Jan. 5 in the area of ...

A Special Avalanche Advisory is in effect for the Elk and West Elk Mountains, as new snowfall is expected to create dangerous avalanche conditions heading into the holiday weekend. According to the ...

SEATTLE — On any given winter morning, several members of the Northwest Avalanche Center’s 11-member team commute to one of the region’s hardiest jobs: avalanche observation. From Mount Hood to the ...

Built to save speed, hold the line, and make the exit feel effortless. These are the berms that turn sketchy turns into pure flow. 'This is a mistake, President': Bill Ackman responds to Trump's call ...