Why did they venture out in the storm? And how did so many people die?

Making sense of the tragedies and taking it one day at a time.

At least 16 people have already died in avalanches this winter - and the season isn't over. Here's why the risk may be rising.

The group had spent two nights at the Frog Lake huts and was returning to the trailhead when the avalanche struck.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even for the most cautious backcountry skiers and snowboarders, the specter of an avalanche is never far away. For its adherents, ...

The company has been criticized relentlessly on social media for setting out Sunday with 11 paying clients and four guides for a three-day backcountry ski trip with the strongest storm of the ...

The families of those who died in the horrific avalanche near Lake Tahoe could sue their tour guide company for as much as $50 million, an attorney has claimed. But the grieving relatives are unlikely ...

With at least eight people dead, Tuesday’s avalanche in California was one of the deadliest in the last five decades. By Camille Baker The avalanche in the California mountains on Tuesday that led to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE: The sun rises behind Frog Lake, near Castle Peak, in California. On Tuesday, a deadly avalanche struck on a north-facing ...

Even for the most cautious backcountry skiers and snowboarders, the specter of an avalanche is never far away. For its adherents, the sport always boils down to calculations of risk. Plunging down ...