avalanche death

Backcountry skiers faced the most challenging season in recent memory, including a record-tying number of people killed in avalanches.

A guided group triggered three slides, one of which turned out to be deadly, while attempting to ascend the Northeast Face of the Geierspitze.

Heavy snowfall and extreme wind events in Chile have created hazardous conditions in many backcountry zones in South America. By Leslie Hittmeier