The group was completing a three-day guided tour when the avalanche occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 17 ...

Eight backcountry skiers have been found dead and one remains missing and presumed dead after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California, officials said Wednesday, making it the deadliest avalanche in ...

Sixteen backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche Tuesday near Lake Tahoe as heavy snow fell across the Sierra Nevada, officials said. At least six survived, but 10 were still unaccounted for as ...

A group of 15 backcountry skiers was reportedly involved in the incident, the sheriff's office says. Nine remain unaccounted for.

Emergency crews respond to an avalanche Monday in the vicinity of Johnson Canyon and Castle Peak in Truckee, Calif. Despite rescue efforts, a snowmobiler perished in the avalanche. (Nevada County ...