Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after snowboarder was buried alive.

The wife of a man who was killed at Heavenly Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe has sued the ski area. Chanel Whalen filed a ...

Saturday morning saw two avalanches in the Salt Lake area following 11 inches of heavy, wet snowfall in the last 48 hours.

Wesley Whalen, 46, died in 2023 after he took a break while on a black diamond trail at Heavenly Mountain Resort and “started ...

Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe is facing a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the case of a snowboarder who, the suit says, sank into a snow pit on the ski area's slopes and suffocated ...

A 37-year-old man was killed after an avalanche "caught, carried and fully buried" him in the Utah backcountry while ...

A SKIER who died in a massive avalanche in the French Alps had his body discovered thanks to his elbow still sticking out from the snow ... other skiers could be buried. However, no additional ...

they noticed an avalanche stretching two-thirds of a mile down the slope. While inspecting the area they discovered the victim’s elbow, which had not been completely buried. Medics were flown on ...

A skier remotely triggered an avalanche in Teacup Bowl on January 2, 2025. The skier was able to outrun the slide and no one was buried or injured. On January 25, a second avalanche was trigged by a ...

There were also wind-drifted slabs, where the snow can be densely packed down. The avalanche broke to the ground in several places. “This is the kind of persistent-slab avalanche you can trigger ...

There were also wind-drifted slabs, where the snow can be densely packed down. The avalanche broke to the ground in several places. “This is the kind of persistent-slab avalanche you can trigger in ...

She will dig holes 5 or so feet deep in the snow and bury volunteers. Then, Ripp will have to run through the area to find the buried people and dig them out. Before an avalanche rescue dog ...