The Inyo County Sheriff's Office says the avalanche was reported late Wednesday morning.
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Sadly, eleven people have died so far this year on Mount Everest. One Squaw Valley man who just made the summit is sharing his thoughts about what happened to make it so dangerous.
Indian air force pilots have spotted five bodies in the Indian Himalayas while searching for eight mountain climbers who have been missing a week.
A Colorado climber has died shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving his dream of scaling the highest peaks on the seven continents.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew rescued four climbers from a Sierra Nevada peak in Inyo County.
A woman who climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty on July 4 to protest the separation of families at the Mexican border has been convicted of misdemeanor charges.
Authorities say one person was rescued from Conness Glacier on Sunday after he got his leg trapped between large granite slabs.
Two rock climbers have set a new speed record ascending El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, achieving the feat in just under two hours.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) - Park rangers and search and rescue personnel responded to the scene but the climbers didn't survive the fall.
Authorities had to rescue an injured climber from the Emerald Pools, Lake Spaulding area in Nevada County on Sunday.