Rescue crews on skis and snowcats battled blizzard conditions in an effort to reach six backcountry skiers trapped after an ...

It’s been over two days since the avalanche at Castle Peak killed nine people and stranded six others in the group of 15 backcountry skiers — becoming the deadliest avalanche in modern California ...

The AAA thanked the numerous first responders and offered a stark warning about current avalanche conditions across the ...

Verdi resident who was at Frog Lake huts two days before avalanche hit urges skiers to use extra caution in perilous terrain.

The Castle Peak region, site of the avalanche, is a backcountry area in the Sierra Nevada, popular year-round and easily ...

"Everybody wants to point fingers," a top avalanche expert said.

Six women killed in an avalanche in the Castle Peak avalanche were among a group of eight close friends and experienced backcountry skiers on a trip together, their families said in a statement ...

Officials said Tuesday’s slide hit a group of 15 guides and clients returning from a three-day trip. Six survivors were ...

Experts say a weekslong “snow drought” in Norther California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had harde ...