A Georgia woman who went missing for weeks in California's Sierra Nevada said that she was trapped by an avalanche and survived off wild leeks and snowmelt before she was found this week in a snowy ...

Where were recent snow flows? As of Thursday, the avalanche center had reported 14 avalanches in the Central Sierra Nevada since the winter storms began at the end of January.. The avalanches were ...

Learning from the tragedies that struck during the Winter 24/25 season.

The Sierra Avalanche Center has issued a backcountry avalanche watch for the central Sierra Nevada Mountains, including the ...

Statistics compiled by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center show a steady increase in avalanche fatalities nationally from five in 1950 to 35 in 2014. Although numbers tended to be down in ...

Sierra Avalanche Center warns of high avalanche danger in Tahoe amid threat of staff cuts. ... She has been writing about mountain towns in the Sierra Nevada for more than 15 years.

Snow cover in the Sierra Nevada is expected to shrink overall as the climate warms, but avalanche frequency could remain the same or even increase at high elevations. That's bad news for bighorn ...

Mammoth Mountain officials said the slide occurred during avalanche mitigation work following a significant Sierra Nevada snowstorm, during which about six feet of snow fell in 36 hours.

The Reno, Nevada, skyline in winter time. Strong winds will hit high elevation areas on Friday night. ddub3429/Getty "South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. Wind prone areas may reach ...

TRUCKEE, Calif. — The Sierra Avalanche Center has issued a backcountry avalanche watch for the central Sierra Nevada Mountains, including the greater Lake Tahoe ...

Bighorn sheep face death by avalanche in Sierra Nevada range. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 12 / 241210115917.htm. American Geophysical Union.