The Sierra Nevada has been rapidly losing its snowpack, and the potentially record-breaking mid-March heat wave settling into the region may speed that up. The Sierra snowpack is ...

Reporter Erin Heft at Donner Summit shares tips for a clean snow park visit.

The blizzard blew so fierce that the skier at the head of the line kept disappearing into a whiteout. The winds were gusting over 50 mph. Almost 4 feet of fresh powder had piled up and more was ...

The four remaining bodies of the nine skiers killed in Tuesday’s avalanche were retrieved Saturday, after five others were recovered Friday. Authorities confirmed the identities of all the victims. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sierra’s heavy snow is creating dangerous conditions but also boosting business for mountain resorts, with fresh powder ...

If the party had waited out the storm in their cabins, one of the skiers said, the outcome might have been different. By Kurt Streeter On Sunday morning, two parties moved through the mountains above ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow covered westbound I-80 going over Donner Summit on Feb. 18. The interstate was closed on Thursday morning over the summit, ...

Some of the people killed in Tuesday’s deadly avalanche near Castle Peak were mothers of children in Sugar Bowl’s competitive ski program, according to sources close to the victims, sending shock ...

(FOX40.COM) — A private ski academy in Norden has confirmed that some of the victims in the fatal Castle Peak avalanche were members of their community. “Multiple members of the Sugar Bowl Academy ...

NORDEN, Calif. — The Sugar Bowl Academy community is grieving the loss of respected and valued members following Tuesday’s deadly avalanche at Castle Peak. In a statement released Wednesday, the ...