The initial number of 16 people affected by the avalanche was also updated, with Moon explaining that one person who was ...

A group of skiers and professional guides were traversing the Castle Peak area of the mountain amid a heavy snowstorm on ...

Eight skiers perished in a devastating avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. One more skier is presumed dead. This incident marks one of the deadliest avalanches in United States history.

Six skiers were rescued on Tuesday in the Castle Peak area of the Sierra Nevada.

Apple Original Films has landed global rights to “The Last First: Winter K2,” a sports documentary that recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Amir Bar Lev, “The Last First” ...

Many rounds of mountain snow and heavy rain are brewing for the West, providing more relief to the current drought conditions that is plaguing multiple states with the worst snow drought in decades.

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DRIPPING SPRINGS – Rock climbing, mountain biking, swimming, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, and even an observatory for star gazing are to be found 90 miles south of Killeen-Fort Hood at Reimers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Associated Press reporters took a snowmobile tour beneath the Three Peaks of Lavaredo outside of Cortina, one of this year’s ...

Move over, figure skating and ice hockey: There’s a new Olympic sport taking to the slopes of Italy. Ski mountaineering, or “skimo,” is the first entirely new sport at the Winter Olympics since 2002.