Tivnan remembered Choo fondly. He said she was a good athlete and that she delayed the start of her program by a couple of ...

Eight skiers were killed in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California on a trip to Frog Lake Huts with Blackbird Mountain ...

A final missing skier was also presumed dead, the authorities said. Six survivors were rescued. The avalanche is the ...

Once the realm of dedicated ski bums, backcountry skiing grew alongside ticket prices and lift lines, with popularity exploding in the pandemic.

By Jenna Greene, Fred Greaves and Rich McKay TRUCKEE, California, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Eight backcountry skiers were confirmed ...

Several skiers are missing after an avalanche near Truckee as a major winter storm brings heavy snow, high winds and ...

Recent snowfall has left avalanche danger elevated in the backcountry. So why is it safer to ski steep, powder-filled runs at ...

An avalanche during a storm in the Sierra Nevada killed at least eight skiers on a guided backcountry excursion.

In 1982, seven people were killed in an avalanche at the Alpine Meadows resort in North Lake Tahoe. In 2008, three men were ...

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Nine skiers were missing early Wednesday after an avalanche in California's ...

Eight skiers buried by snow and debris near California’s Lake Tahoe amid dangerous conditions were killed in what is now the deadliest avalanche in the state’s recorded history, authorities said ...

Rescuers pulled six survivors from a remote California site where 15 backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche, the authorities said. Nine others were still missing.