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 ...

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 ...

The Castle Peak region, site of the avalanche, is a backcountry area in the Sierra Nevada, popular year-round and easily ...

Several skiers are missing after an avalanche near Truckee as a major winter storm brings heavy snow, high winds and ...

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 ...

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

Strap on your skis and snowboards. Ski resorts in the central Sierra Nevada have received multiple feet of snow in the first half of February, thanks to recent winter storms. The new snow has created ...

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

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