Cal/OSHA investigation on deadly Tahoe-area avalanche finds multiple safety violations
The agency issued multiple citations and penalties to a backcountry guide company involved in California's deadliest avalanche earlier this year near Lake Tahoe.
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The agency issued multiple citations and penalties to a backcountry guide company involved in California's deadliest avalanche earlier this year near Lake Tahoe.
A preliminary report on the February avalanche that killed nine people released by the backcountry guide company involved assigned no blame for the tragedy.
The 10-person expedition lost contact with its base camp after an avalanche struck Broad Peak as they attempted to scale the mountain.
All nine avalanche victims have been recovered from California's Sierra Nevada, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said Saturday at a news conference.
The identities of some of the victims of the deadly California avalanche near Lake Tahoe became known on Thursday.
One skier remains missing and is presumed dead after an avalanche buried a group of skiers near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday.
The avalanche, the deadliest in California history and fourth deadliest in U.S. history, killed at least eight people and left a ninth missing.
The avalanche was reported near Castle Peak in Nevada County, north of Boreal Mountain Ski Resort.
An avalanche watch was issued by the Sierra Avalanche Center on Sunday, two days before skiers were killed in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California.
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Eight backcountry skiers have been found dead and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California, officials said.
The avalanche was reported near Castle Peak in Nevada County, north of Boreal Mountain Ski Resort.
A group of 15 backcountry skiers was reportedly involved in the incident, the sheriff's office says. Nine remain unaccounted for.
The avalanche happened amid extremely treacherous conditions near Castle Peak in Nevada County on Tuesday.
The incident happened near Castle Peak, authorities say, and some backcountry skiers are missing.
High above South Lake Tahoe, a unique group of first responders stands ready to save lives at a moment's notice — and they happen to have four legs.
A snowmobiler has died following an avalanche near Johnson Peak and Castle Peak in the Truckee area of Nevada County, officials said Monday evening.
A snowmobiler has died following an avalanche near Johnson Peak and Castle Peak in the Truckee area of Nevada County, officials said Monday evening.
A Mammoth Mountain ski patroller who was injured in an avalanche last week has died, according to the resort.
A South Lake Tahoe skier was found dead in an avalanche field near Luther Pass, officials said Tuesday.
Two ski patrol staff at Mammoth Mountain were caught in an avalanche while doing mitigation work after an atmospheric river dropped about six feet of snow in 36 hours, Mammoth Mountain officials said.
The victims were a 15-year-old American boy, as well as a man and a woman whose identification has not yet been concluded, police said.
With so much snow falling across the Northern California Sierra Nevada in the last two weeks, search and rescue teams have been busy in many counties training to ensure they succeed when called upon.
From buried in the snow to a heroic rescue: Minutes after two men were swallowed by the deadly avalanche at Palisades on Wednesday morning, they jumped into action to save lives.
