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 ...

UPDATE – Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 10:40 p.m. Late Tuesday evening, search and rescue teams successfully rescued the six initially reported skiers who survived the avalanche. The Nevada County Sheriff’s ...

Nine skiers remain missing after an avalanche occurred in the Frog Lake area of Castle Peak. Six people in the group were located alive. The group was on a three-day backcountry skiing trip. Six ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rescue crews located six stranded backcountry skiers during a severe storm near Castle Peak and are continuing the search for 10 ...

Eight of the nine missing skiers lost in an avalanche near Truckee have been confirmed dead, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said on Wednesday. The last missing skier is presumed dead. "We did have ...