Authorities recovered the final victim from an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, concluding a days-long operation after extreme ...
Many of the people on the fatal trek were women — mothers, sisters and wives — with ties to Marin County, Calif.
The body of the ninth missing skier was recovered on Saturday, Feb. 21, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office announced.
The Castle Peak region, site of the avalanche, is a backcountry area in the Sierra Nevada, popular year-round and easily ...
A group of 15 skiers were on the final leg of a backcountry trip to Castle Peak near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada when they were caught in the avalanche.
A Larkspur mother, biotech executive and winemaker was among nine people killed in an avalanche near Castle Peak during a guided backcountry ski trip.
Crews are working to recover victims after an avalanche in California’s Sierra Nevada killed eight people and left one missing.
The Nevada County Sheriff's office on Friday conducted an aerial survey of the avalanche site near Castle Peak.