Sierra avalanche concerns rise after back-to-back storms
Northern California will have a bit of a break after the recent back-to-back storms, but a new danger looms: avalanches.
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Northern California will have a bit of a break after the recent back-to-back storms, but a new danger looms: avalanches.
According to the Sierra Avalanche Center, the avalanche severity level has been set to moderate, which means there is potential for avalanches although not very likely.
A snowmobiler out to take in the sights made a tragic mistake that cost him his life in the Nevada County backcountry.
A 34-year-old man was swept away and killed during an avalanche at Alpine Meadows Friday, ahead of the holiday weekend.
One skier is dead and another seriously injured after an avalanche struck Alpine Meadows on Friday morning.
Emergency crews had to rescue motorists on Sunday who got stuck in a snow slide.
Travel in avalanche terrain is not recommended.
A winter storm warning is in effect in the Sierra Nevada around Lake Tahoe as wet weather sweeps in from California.
The avalanche swallowed Evan Huck Friday, trapping him beneath feet of snow. As Huck lost consciousness, quick thinking snowboarders rushed over to dig him out.
An avalanche has prompted the closure of a second major California ski resort in as many days.
Avalanche, flood and wind warnings were in place again Wednesday as another powerful storm hit Northern California a day after heavy rains caused rockslides that shut down highways and bridges.
It happened early Monday morning along northbound Highway 89 near Alpine Meadows. The two men are OK, and they are crediting their survival to their boy scout training.
Two cars were caught in the path of an avalanche on Highway 89 overnight.
Sections of the Sierra are under a severe avalanche warning.
The homeowners knew the avalanche was coming, since it was set by the Alpine Meadows ski patrol to reduce the avalanche danger. They just didn't know they'd be buried by it.
Officials are warning that avalanche danger is extreme at all elevations.
An avalanche buried a couple of cars and damaged a building in the Alpine Meadows area.
The video went viral, but what Christian Mares didn't expect was for his survival skills to catch the attention of resort owners and law enforcement.
His fellow skiers and six others who happened to be in the area quickly began searching for him after the avalanche occurred. The man had a rescue beacon on him that sent signals that allowed the others to pinpoint where he was buried.
Storm after storm has put the Sierra in a high avalanche risk. Already this week, two have been deadly.
A member of the Alpine Meadows Ski Patrol injured in a triggered avalanche Monday morning.
A snowboarder in his 50s has died after getting caught in an avalanche early Monday morning at Donner Ski Ranch.
Alaska State Troopers say a second man has died after an avalanche hit a group of skiers and snowboarders in southeast Alaska.
A man riding a snowmobile has died after he apparently triggered an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Alpine County.
