Several people on snowmobiles were in the path of a recent avalanche in the Colorado backcountry. Watch it here.

The last thing one skier expected to happen on his first run of the day was to have to dodge a black bear running right at him. Watch here.

Lenka Lanči happened upon a sun candle, an optical illusion that looks like a column of sparkles. See it here.

For some skiers and snowboarders in Japan, the line for the ski lift was too long, so that they started climbing the mountain instead.

A backcountry skier stumbled across a hidden, waterfall that was nearly frozen over, and then he tumbled down it. Watch here.

A group of snowboarders faced winds whipping them around at 50 mph or more at Mammoth Mountain, a ski resort in California. Watch here.

An owl flew up to a skier, landed by his feet, and dramatically looked up at him. The man believes this was a message from Mother Nature.

Ice skaters in Alaska had the rare opportunity to skate on wild ice that was so clear it was like gliding atop a magical “ice window.”

An ice skater in Alaska came across a grisly scene—blood splattered in the snow at the bank of the frozen lake. What the heck happened?

A snowboarder was shredding some slopes when suddenly, a bear slammed into him. Watch a bear collide with a snowboarder here.