This is the terrifying moment an avalanche thunders down a mountainside in Russia and engulfs an entire ski resort.

Eight skiers were killed in a pair of avalanches in Austria on Saturday. One avalanche killed three Czech skiers, sweeping them away from a group of seven in the Murtal district of Styria province, burying them completely, police said.

The first incident occurred in Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg around 12:30 p.m. where a female skier was buried and killed in the Schmugglerscharte area at an elevation of approximately 7,200 feet, according to the Pongau mountain rescue service, AP reported.

A new report from the Utah Avalanche Center says one of the two teens buried in an avalanche over New Year's weekend in the Hidden Canyon backcountry near Brighton Resort was buried face down and saved by a third party.

The Prefecture of Savoie has called on off-piste skiers to “exercise utmost caution and responsibility, both for their own safety and that of rescue personnel” after significant, heavy snowfall claims lives across the Alps last weekend.

A heroic skier captured the heart-pounding moment he dug a man out from under a pile of fresh snow after an avalanche in Switzerland — when he spotted a limb sticking out of the powder. Matteo Zilla,

Ueli Kestenholz, who won a bronze medal in snowboarding's first Olympic race at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, died at age 50 after being trapped in an avalanche, the Swiss ski federation said Tuesday.

Avalanche season in the Cascades and Olympics is here. This season’s first avalanche fatalities occurred late last week near Mt. Stuart and the Enchantments.

Ueli Kestenholz, the pioneering snowboarder who secured a bronze medal in the sport ’s inaugural Olympic race, has tragically died at the age of 50 after being caught in an avalanche, the Swiss ski federation confirmed on Tuesday.

THIS is the heart-stopping moment a routine day on the slopes turns into a race against time when a man is discovered buried beneath an avalanche in Switzerland. Shocking footage shows the