Two men were killed in an avalanche in central Washington state while backcountry snowmobiling, authorities said on Jan. 10. Four men were recreating in backcountry snow near the Longs Pass trail in ...

Rescuers pulled two injured hikers out of an avalanche chute on Mt. Ellinor in Washington state on Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The hikers, 51 years old and 16 years old, had fallen into the ...

Officials in Washington state announced Saturday that two men were killed last week when an avalanche struck a group of four snowmobilers. The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office reported that the ...

Two snowmobilers were killed, and two others were rescued after an avalanche slammed into their group in Washington state’s backcountry. The group was struck around 4 p.m. Friday in a remote area near ...

KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash. — A trooper with the Washington State Patrol (WSP) was killed in an avalanche southeast of Seattle on Monday. The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office says the trooper, 51-year-old ...

SEATTLE -- On any given winter morning, several members of the Northwest Avalanche Center's 11-member team commute to one of the region's hardiest jobs: avalanche observation. From Mount Hood to the ...