#Avalanche Safety

Articles (13)

• 🇬🇧 Rescuers blame weather and 'underprepared skiers' for rise in Alps avalanche deaths — 14/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The BBC joins a French Alps rescue team as the number of skiers killed this season passes 100.

  Related: #Skiing Risks
• 🇺🇸 Skier killed in avalanche in Boss Basin, first Colorado ski death of season — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Early Sunday morning, Colorado rescue crews found the body of a missing skier who was killed in a recent avalanche.

  Related: #Skiing Fatality
• 🇬🇧 The Scottish avalanche forecasters – photo essay — 06/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Photographer Murdo MacLeod patrols the snow with members of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service, which has for several decades published a vital daily avalanche forecast for mountain areas</...

  Related: #Mountain Forecasting
• 🇬🇧 Final missing Lake Tahoe skier found dead 5 days after avalanche — 22/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Authorities released the names of the six women and three guides who died in the worst avalanche in state history.

  Related: #Tragedy, #Rescue Operations, #Investigation
• 🇺🇸 Nine Bodies of Skiers Recovered in Sierra Nevada Avalanche, Officials Say — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  A ninth victim who had been missing was found and recovered, officials said Saturday, from an avalanche that was the deadliest in modern California history.

  Related: #Natural Disasters, #Outdoor Recreation
• 🇺🇸 Crews recover bodies of 9 backcountry skiers killed in Lake Tahoe avalanche — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  A Black Hawk helicopter on Saturday flew to the snowy, mountainous region of the California's Sierra Nevada where a fatal avalanche struck this week, amid an ongoing effort to make the area safe enoug...

  Related: #Backcountry Recreation, #Tragedy, #Investigation
• 🇬🇧 ‘They were mothers, wives, friends’: how a ski trip turned deadly in the California mountains — 21/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>A picture is emerging of one of the worst avalanche disasters in US history, and the women among a tight-knit group of friends who died</p><p>The ringing of a phone echoed through the Nevada county...

  Related: #Outdoor Recreation Risks, #Climate Impacts, #Community Tragedy
• 🇬🇧 Avalanches kill five in Austrian Alps, officials say — 21/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  A man skiing with his son was among the victims on Friday, bringing the region's avalanche death toll this season to at least 21.

  Related: #Winter Weather, #Alpine Tourism
• 🇺🇸 Questions over why ski group stayed on trip after avalanche watch issued — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  An avalanche watch was issued by the Sierra Avalanche Center on Sunday, two days before skiers were killed in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California.

  Related: #Winter Sports, #Disaster Investigation, #Search and Rescue
• 🇺🇸 Deadliest American avalanche in over 40 years kills 8, 1 still missing — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  A wall of snow the size of a football field collapsed suddenly on Tuesday over a group of 15 skiers, killing eight, with one still missing on Wednesday night. The rescue mission for the missing person...

  Related: #Outdoor Recreation Dangers, #Climate Impact
• 🇺🇸 Massive avalanche sweeps away skiers in California — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  A frantic search is ongoing after an avalanche swept away more than a dozen skiers in California. CBS News' Matt Gutman has the latest.

  Related: #Rescue Operations, #Winter Sports Risks
• 🇺🇸 Ten skiers missing, six stranded in California avalanche — 18/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Mountain Rescue, #Winter Weather
• 🇺🇸 Ten skiers unaccounted for after California avalanche — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  Crews are working to rescue a group of 16 skiers who encountered an avalanche Tuesday in California. Ten of those skiers are unaccounted for while six are awaiting rescue.

  Related: #Rescue Operations, #Winter Sports