Heavy rains and alpine snow to impact British Columbia's South Coast this week, raising the avalanche danger throughout the region.

Cole Murphy, 30, died after an avalanche swept Lincoln Mountain during mitigation work at Mammoth Risk eased after heavy Sierra snowfall

Two Mammoth Mountain ski patrollers were caught in an avalanche while doing avalanche mitigation work on Friday, the resort said.

A winter storm warning is in effect in western WA, with heavy snow and high avalanche danger making travel over mountain passes hazardous.

Lincoln Mountain, and the steep avalanche chutes on its northern face, has already been a flashpoint for risky work this season. A February incident on the same slope trapped two patrollers and left one of them fatally injured. The Los Angeles Times reviewed that earlier accident along with the resort’s public statements about what happened.

A Special Avalanche Advisory is in effect for the Elk and West Elk Mountains, as new snowfall is expected to create dangerous avalanche conditions heading into the holiday weekend.

A snowcat clearing snow from the top of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s Aerial Tram dock triggered a large avalanche Thursday morning outside the resort boundary in an area known as

It was the second time in a year that a pair of Mammoth patrollers were caught in an avalanche after doing 'mitigation work' designed to prevent deadly snow slides.

A Mammoth Mountain ski patroller has died after he was caught in an avalanche while doing mitigation work on Friday, the resort said.