Frustrated with crowded resorts, more skiers risk backcountry avalanches
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — On a clear, cold day in mid-February, we had spent hours on backcountry skis trudging up and across a remote mountainside in…
Idaho doctor dead in backcountry skiing avalanche
A prominent Idaho physician was killed in a backcountry skiing accident Friday, authorities announced. Courtesy of Sawtooth Avalanche Center. May 12 (UPI) -- An Idaho…