GENEVA, Switzerland – Avalanches killed five people in the Swiss Alps over the weekend, and bad weather prevented rescuers from reaching three skiers who apparently remained trapped under the snow on ...

Olympian snowboarder Sophie Hediger was killed in an avalanche in her home country of Switzerland on Monday. Hediger, 26, was caught in an avalanche while "freeriding," also known as snowboarding on ...

Snowboarder Sophie Hediger, a 26-year-old from Switzerland who’d competed in the Olympics, was killed in an avalanche that crashed down a slope in the Swiss resort town of Arosa. The Swiss-Ski ...

Three people, including an American teen, were killed in avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt, police reported on Tuesday. CBS News reported that the avalanche occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday, ...

Two hikers trekking across the Italian Alps on snowshoes were killed when an avalanche crashed down the slope near the border with Switzerland on Sunday, rescue officials said. The avalanche was ...

A british teenager has died after being hit by an avalanche while on a ski tour in Switzerland. The 18-year-old was killed on Tuesday after an avalanche struck in Meiringen resort, in the canton of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A funeral will be held this week for a Naperville Central High School student, who died in an avalanche in Switzerland, ABC7 Chicago news partner the Daily Herald reported. Visitation ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An American teenager who died in an avalanche in Switzerland earlier this week was a freshman at Naperville Central High School, his club swim coach said Wednesday. The avalanche ...

FILE - Two mountain hikers are dwarfed by the winter landscape of the Formazza Valley, northern Italy, on April 11, 2004. Italy's alpine rescue service says two persons who were hiking with snowshoes ...

The avalanche risk was high and unfortunately, the worst possible scenario happened. Three people, including an American teen, were killed in avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt, police ...