Nine people were killed in an avalanche during a backcountry skiing expedition on the California side of Lake Tahoe, authorities said in an update on Wednesday.

The skiers went missing on Feb. 17 after the avalanche swept through the Castle Peak area, northwest of Lake Tahoe, at about ...

Three to four feet of snow is possible in the hardest-hit areas, including Wolf Creek Pass and the San Juan Mountains. For most of the northern and central mountains, widespread totals of 10 to 20 ...

8 backcountry skiers dead, one still missing after avalanche near Lake Tahoe, officials say ...

A snowmobiler out with four friends was killed in an avalanche on Jan. 6 in the same region as Tuesday's event. Chris Scott Thomason of Bend, Oregon, died. The avalanche occurred in Johnson Valley on ...

Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake ...