Latest Avalanches News
Body of avalanche victim in Washington state recovered after being spotted by volunteer
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — Search crews have recovered the body of a climber who was one of three killed in an avalanche on Washington's Colchuck Peak in February. A search-and-rescue volunteer was on a personal trip to the mountain Monday when he saw the remains of 60-year-old...
Avalanche in northern Pakistan kills 11 members of nomadic tribe
GILGIT, Pakistan (AP) — A snowy avalanche in northern Pakistan killed 11 people Saturday, including a 4-year-old boy, and injured 25 from a nomadic tribe as they crossed a mountainous area with their goat herds, police said. The avalanche struck the nomads in the Chambeli area of...
British climber scales Everest for 17th time, the most by a non-Sherpa guide
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British mountain guide returned to Nepal's capital on Friday after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world's highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. Kenton Cool first climbed Mount Everest in 2004...
Husband of 2-time Olympic champion Justyna Kowalczyk killed in avalanche
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The husband of two-time Olympic champion Justyna Kowalczyk was killed Thursday in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, the Polish Mountaineering Support Foundation said. Sports climber Kacper Tekieli, who was 38, last posted on Facebook on Tuesday from Konkordia...
Missing climbers in Alaska likely triggered avalanche, fell
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two mountain climbers missing in Alaska likely triggered a small avalanche, and officials said Tuesday the projected path of their suspected fall would end at a heavily crevassed glacier. “That is the area we are focusing our aerial search efforts in the...
Surgery for Avs' Landeskog, will miss 2nd straight season
DENVER (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog may have sacrificed his injured right knee to hoist the Stanley Cup for the Colorado Avalanche. Now, he's willing to take an extreme step to try to play hockey again. Landeskog is set to undergo cartilage replacement surgery Wednesday, sidelining him...
Rangers search for two overdue mountain climbers in Alaska
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — Aerial and limited ground searches were underway Monday in Alaska for two overdue mountain climbers whose last known tracks disappeared at the site of an avalanche, officials said. Eli Michel, 34, of Columbia City, Indiana, and...
Denali National Park worker dies after triggering avalanche
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — A Denali National Park and Preserve employee died when he was caught in an avalanche while skiing in the backcountry, not far from the park’s entrance, officials said Friday. Eric Walter, who provided radio-based safety support and...
Backcountry skier killed in Colorado avalanche
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) — A backcountry skier was buried and killed by an avalanche near Colorado's Breckenridge ski resort, authorities said Sunday. The spring avalanche was on Bald Mountain, a popular destination for ski touring, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said....
Avs quiet about Nichushkin's absence after police report
SEATTLE (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche did not comment Friday on either the status of forward Valeri Nichushkin, who has been away from the team for a few days, or on a police report about an incident at the team hotel in Seattle last weekend. Colorado coach Jared Bednar again said...
