avalanche

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — An avalanche in Teton County killed a 30-year-old snowboarder on Tuesday. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue identified the victim as Jed Wesley Foster, a Jackson resident formerly of Indiana. The avalanche happened on a peak called the Pyramid, which is in the Teton Range south of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort...

The discovery of unexploded ordnance has temporarily closed the road over Sylvan Pass to Pahaska which is east of the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park, according to a news release from park on Friday afternoon.

Sure, the snow that has bombarded the US has been bad this winter, but it's not as brutal as what these people in Italy have had to endure.

With all of the sledders in Wyoming, we occasionally hear about some unlucky enthusiast caught in horrible weather. This guy was lucky enough to have some fast acting friends around when the snow drops...