A possible equipment malfunction may have sealed the fate of the group of backcountry skiers killed in February's catastrophic avalanche near Lake Tahoe, which ranks as one of the worst snow disasters ...

SANDPOINT, Idaho The Airbag System backpack is a tool used like a life preserver during an avalanche. The airbag can help keep a skier or snowboarder at the surface of an avalanche, but it must be ...

The guides in the deadliest avalanche in modern California history led a group of backcountry skiers below avalanche terrain during dangerous conditions and traveled in a group large enough to ...