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

Eight backcountry skiers have been found dead and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California, officials said.

Every winter, the area of California's Sierra Nevada where the avalanche occurred receives an average of 411.5 inches of snow annually, making it one of the snowiest places in the western hemisphere, ...

Data from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, which has tracked avalanches since 1950, show that avalanches in California have led to 74 deaths since the center began tracking data, not ...

"It's important to know this is an ongoing incident," Sheriff Shannan Moon said in announcing that nine from backcountry party were presumed dead.

Rescue crews on skis and snowcats battled blizzard conditions in an effort to reach six backcountry skiers trapped after an ...

The avalanche came during a fierce winter storm that dumped heavy snowfall on the Sierra Nevada.