The Taos Avalanche Center has issued an Avalanche Warning for areas near the Wheeler Peak Wilderness and the Columbine Hondo Wilderness area above 9000 feet. The avalanche center says the snowfall ...

TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – Following recent snowfall in the Taos area, officials are warning locals to be on the lookout for avalanches. Given the forecast, avalanche conditions could last through the week.

Andy Bond, executive director of the Taos Avalanche Center, studies an avalanche in the New Mexico backcountry last spring. (Courtesy of Taos Avalanche Center) An avalanche warning is in effect over ...

TAOS, N.M. — Officials with the Taos County Sheriff’s Office confirmed an Arizona man collapsed and died Sunday while hiking Wheeler Peak. Dispatch received a call early Sunday morning about a man who ...

TAOS — An Arizona doctor died Sunday near the summit of Wheeler Peak when he suffered a cardiac event and fell off a trail, according to a news release from Taos County Sheriff Steve Miera. The ...

CARSON NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. — The Carson National Forest will close some of the trails around Wheeler Peak and Williams Lake for around 10 days this month. A representative said it’s for tribal ...