Avalanche forecaster Charlotte MacDonald stood before 40 hikers, climbers, mountaineers, skiers, snowboarders and wilderness rescuers — folks for whom Tuckerman Ravine is a household name and a ...

In early March, a 30-year-old female skier was injured in Washington’s Mount Rainier ... search and rescue coordinator for Mount Rainier Nordic Patrol, told SFGATE on the morning after a ...