Wyatt Reis digs a snow pit to measure snow temperature, density and liquid water content in the Cameron Peak burn scar. Reis led a study that found the amount of water in the snow on a burned ...

Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe is facing a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the case of a snowboarder who, the suit says, sank into a snow pit on the ski area's slopes and suffocated ...

nyone riding the gondola lift at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort one bright day in January might have seen something unexpected in the glade below them: A series of figures energetically digging pits in the ...

“Every morning before I go out, I look at the Utah Avalanche Centre. I don’t have time to go out and dig a snow pit, but there’s a lot of people who do.” Although it's impossible to ...