An experienced solo backcountry skier and a one-time member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team was the person who died in an ...

An unstable snowpack due to topsy-turvy weather late last year was one of the factors behind the first deadly avalanche of ...

A 57-year-old Ridgway man died in an avalanche Tuesday while backcountry skiing east of Red Mountain Pass, between Silverton ...

By the time a search and rescue team can respond to an avalanche, it’s most likely a recovery mission. “By the time we show ...