An avalanche cascaded down an Alpine mountainside near Zermatt, Switzerland, on Tuesday, before slamming into a train. No injuries were reported.

A tourist has captured the moment an avalanche rushed down a mountainside and struck a moving train in Switzerland’s Valais canton, leaving passengers stranded for nearly two hours before they were evacuated.

Visitors hoping to get into Yosemite National Park amid a powerful winter storm are facing closures, hazardous road conditions and limited lodging options.

By Brad Brooks Feb 19 (Reuters) - Investigators are working to determine if criminal negligence played a role in the avalanche that killed at least eight people on a guided backcountry ski trip in California,

For a group of friends who loved skiing and shaped a family life around it, the pain of this loss centers on a cherished place: near the school, Sugar Bowl and Donner Pass, a Sierra skier dreamland of high annual snowfalls, cozy lodgings and thrilling steep terrain.

The CAIC's warning follows several recent avalanche fatalities across the West.

Two skiers were killed in an off-trail avalanche on Mont Blanc's Italian side, as dangerous conditions plague the Alps during record week of skiing deaths.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — An avalanche in Slovakia’s High Tatras mountain range killed two Hungarians, the country’s mountain rescue service said Friday. It said the two were male climbers age 38 and 37. The service said bad weather prevented them ...