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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.