At least seven people were killed and five others injured after an avalanche struck vehicles along the Srinagar–Leh highway near Zojila Pass in Ladakh, northern India, on March 27, 2026.

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Persistent slab avalanche hazards will be the main concern across the Cascade Range this weekend, according to the Northwest Avalanche Center. Forecasters say buried weak layers and recent wind loading have brought several zones close to a "tipping point," warning that human-triggered avalanches remain possible even under clear skies.

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Five people were killed in separate off-piste slab avalanches across Austria on February 20, 2026, including three in St. Anton am Arlberg, one in Nauders-Bergkastell, and one in Vorarlberg.

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A Backcountry Avalanche Watch is in effect for the Greater Lake Tahoe area due to high avalanche danger associated with a rain-on-snow event. The National Weather Service Reno and the Sierra Avalanche Center warn that widespread avalanche activity is possible, including large avalanches capable of burying or injuring people. Travel in avalanche terrain is not recommended during the watch…

If the party had waited out the storm in their cabins, one of the skiers said, the outcome might have been different.

Few laws govern backcountry skiing in California. Experts say that people engage in the sport at their own risk, but guides have responsibilities to keep clients safe.

Families and friends of the women, many from the Bay Area, confirmed their identities. The women went on regular trips to the Tahoe region and were experienced skiers, the families said.

Heinz Mueller was buried under 30 feet of snow in the Swiss Alps in 1993 but made it out alive. “It’s panic,” he says.

Many of the people on the fatal trek had ties to a ski-focused private school, Sugar Bowl Academy, in the Sierra Nevada.

Eight skiers were killed and one other was presumed dead in the deadliest snow disaster in modern California history. Six were found alive.

Weather and snow conditions will dictate when the bodies of skiers killed in the avalanche near Lake Tahoe can be retrieved from mountain. More snow is expected.

Eight skiers have been confirmed dead in the Castle Peak Avalanche, which occurred on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. This is now the deadliest avalanche on record for California and the second deadliest avalanche in the United States since modern record-keeping began in 1950.

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Six skiers were rescued, and nine are still missing after an avalanche struck a guided expedition near Castle Peak in California’s Sierra Nevada on February 17, 2026. Search and rescue crews continue working through deep snow and strong winds under a high avalanche danger warning.

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An avalanche derailed a train near the Swiss town of Göppenstein on February 16, 2026, injuring five out of the 29 passengers on the train.

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