Alta, UT – Nearby skiers were shooting video of a skier when she was caught in an avalanche outside of Alta Ski Area in Utah on Monday. Back on the surface (photo: Utah Avalanche Center) The unidentified skier … Continue Reading ››

Antarctica – It is an extraordinary journey that has involved two years of preparation and planning, but at 0830 GMT on Friday, 19-year-old explorer Parker Liautaud, a sophomore at Yale University along with his expedition partner, guide and veteran explorer Doug Stoup, departed the Ross Ice Shelf in an attempt to set a new world … Continue reading Antarctic Trekkers Depart on Record Quest →

Vancouver (BC), Canada – In an odd legal twist, the widow of a heli-skier who died in a tree well has filed a lawsuit against the deceased’s assigned “ski buddy.” (file photo: Alaska Heliskiing) Mark Frank Kennedy, a trial attorney from Colorado, … Continue Reading ››

Toyama Prefecture, Japan – An avalanche swept Japan’s Mt. Masago on Saturday, killing seven backcountry skiers on the island of Honshu northwest of Tokyo, officials indicate. Mt. Masago (file photo: 663highland) The four men and three women perished in the slide … Continue Reading ››

Jackson, WY – An avalanche in Wyoming’s Teton Mountains seriously injured a backcountry skier on Sunday. Debris from Sunday’s avalanche on Jackson Peak (photo: Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center) Scott Dixon, 32, of Teton Valley, Idaho, suffered … Continue Reading ››