Snowboarder dies after 150m fall
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A UK snowboarder has died after spending a night trapped at the bottom of a 150m-deep canyon, German police have said.
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A 50-year-man dies after his paraglider crashes into the water near Portrush in County Antrim.
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A British schoolboy dies from head injuries when he hits a tree skiing in the US state of Colorado.
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Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday. He was 88.
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VAIL, Colo. -- A 13-year-old ski racer was killed Sunday morning in a collision with a resort snowmobile on Vail Mountain. Ashley Stamp, a promising young racer from Steamboat Springs, was skiing down the
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Anja Paerson's  three-race winning streak at the world championships ends Tuesday when she falls in the giant slalom.
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British three-day eventer Caroline Pratt is killed after falling at Burghley.
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ATHENS, Greece - A member of the Greek judo team who fell from her third-floor apartment balcony following a quarrel with her boyfriend has died.
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At least 21 people were killed Sunday when a coach carrying Polish pilgrims skidded and fell into a mountain stream near Grenoble, in eastern France, emergency services said.
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A 13-year-old ski racer was killed Sunday morning in a collision with a resort snowmobile on Vail Mountain.
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A skier died Saturday and two others were injured after being buried in an avalanche in southeastern Austria, police said.
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A father flying a kite with his five-year-old son on a cliff top dies after falling 150ft over the edge.
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Avalanches killed at least five skiers in the Swiss and French Alps on Sunday following days of heavy snow, authorities said.
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Police found the body of a 16-year-old skier who had suffocated after a bad fall in deep snow Monday, bringing the death toll from weekend avalanches and skiing accidents to eight.
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New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died, Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Friday.
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A chairlift accident near the Alpine ski resort of Grindelwald killed one person and injured several others Thursday.
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A Polish mountain climber has been found dead under more than 6 feet of snow following an avalanche in the Tatra Mountains bordering Slovakia and Poland.