Snowfall is expected to continue, according to the National Weather Service.

Temporary ski resort closures or terrain suspensions aren’t uncommon, particularly in the Sierra Nevada, where storms can ...

The President’s Day weekend excursion, including a group of moms, wives and close friends who shared a passion for skiing the untracked powder of the hushed, untamed wilderness of California’s Sierra ...

The Sierra is seeing arguably "the worst conditions since Feb 2023" as heavy snowfall and gusty winds eliminated visibility.

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 ...

An avalanche watch was issued by the Sierra Avalanche Center on Sunday, two days before skiers were killed in an avalanche ...

The Nevada County Sheriff's office reported that a group of backcountry skiers was involved in an avalanche incident, which ...

In February 2025, backcountry skier Frederic Dross was killed in an avalanche south of Lake Tahoe. Just over a year earlier, ...

Many of the people on the fatal trek were women — mothers, sisters and wives — with ties to Marin County, Calif.

A final missing skier was also presumed dead, the authorities said. Six survivors were rescued. The avalanche is the ...