No one wants to think about anything going wrong when you're on a snowy vacation to a ski hill. But the reality is, the search and rescue teams at these resorts are imperative to help keep people safe ...

One skier from Russia has died after a massive avalanche hit Gulmarg, a ski resort town in Jammu and Kashmir, today. Seven skiers from Russia were hit by the avalanche and six have been rescued.

An update by Alessandro Cortinovis, director of the Valle D'Aosta Mountain Rescue Service about the avalanche on Mont Maudit which at 5:30 this morning killed 9 alpinists and injured 14 others. The ...

The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday rescued at least 130 people trapped in an avalanche in north Kashmir's Kupwara mountain pass. The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday rescued at least 130 people ...

EASTERN OREGON — The Wallowa Avalance Center’s annual fundraising bash is coming up at the end of January. The 13th annual Backcountry Festival is Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 with events in both La Grande and ...

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Two climbers were swept 1,500ft ft to their deaths in an avalanche on a Scottish mountain yesterday. Another group of mountaineers watched as the two men were hit by a wave of snow on the iconic ...

Rescue teams searching for a missing skier who was killed by an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands have found his body. Daniel Maddox, from Clackmannanshire, was skiing in an off-piste area behind ...

The families of the 9 alpinists who died in yesterday morning's avalance are expected to arrive in Chamonix. The French authorities have confirmed that of the nine dead 3 alpinists were British, 2 ...

An avalance in Nepal swept away a group of climbers this morning. Two people have been found dead and a further 13 are missing, according to police. An avalanche has swept away climbers and their ...

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