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There have now been 11 fatalities resulting from eight avalanches nationwide since December 18.

Warren Miller's reflection on his 1970's adventures in Austria—and the fickle nature of life.

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

The guys at Avatech have created the coolest app ever for backcountry skiers. It’s the first crowd-sourced platform for avalanche safety, so skiers now have a way to easily share information about the mountains.

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

The Utah-based company is recalling all of its JetForce avalanche airbags due to faulty firmware. By Ryan Dionne

Skiing Winter Lab Bro-tologist Ryan Dionne talks about the Scott Alpride avalanche airbag system, which uses two small non-reusable gas canisters to deploy the airbag.

Skiing Winter Lab Bro-tologist Ryan Dionne talks about the different avalanche airbag systems including what's used to inflate the bags, how easily they are to refill after deployment, and more.

JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson were caught in an avalanche on South America’s Mount Cochrane on Monday, September 29, 2014.

Friends and family of a Colorado avalanche victim plan to create a fund for avy safety.

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A-Basin helps you tackle the backcountry safely at the eighth annual Beacon Bowl and Avalanche Awareness Day on Saturday, Feb. 6. The day will include an avalanche transceiver competition, various avalanche-related demonstrations and clinics, a raffle, silent auction and après ski party.

Four deadly slides at U.S. ski areas last season—the most since 1982—highlight a grim truth: Avalanches know no boundaries.

Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Washington ski areas saw cold temperatures last week followed by new snow, currently creating snowpack instabilities. Avalanche warnings remain at high for mountain locations in these states.

Mass Murderer's don't inhabit the hills of Switzerland. Kind, cheese-bearing sheep-lovers do.

Rope drops bring out the competitive bastards in all of us.

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Fresh snowfall on Oct. 7, 2008, marked the beginning of Fernie's winter season as the resort gears up for skiers.

The North American Outdoor Institute and Dean Cummings will be traveling with Matchstick Productions to Educate Movie Goers

Utah backcountry skiers are shaking their heads at a possible Alta expansion.

This past winter was a banner year for snowfall - and avalanches.

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