Three patrollers ultimately perished due to asphyxiation from volcanic gases, according to Mammoth Mountain. Experts say avalanches can occur at any time of the year but are most common during and ...
Mammoth Mountain and Palisades Tahoe were dusted ... Overnight snowfall also forced a closure of Highway 89 through Lassen Volcanic National Park. Resort officials previously told the Chronicle ...
The climbers went anyway — and the mountain repaid their curiosity in kind. Indonesia, which sits along the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire,” is a hotbed of volcanic activity and has about ...