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After days of increasingly brutal conditions in California’s Sierra Nevada, a group of 15 backcountry skiers set out for home ...

The first of four rescue missions reached members of the Donner Party. Those in the party were trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains near the California and Nevada state border for nearly four months ...

NEVADA CITY, Calif. -- Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers near California's Lake Tahoe and were searching for one more after they were caught in an avalanche, the nation's deadliest in ...

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers near California's Lake Tahoe and were searching for one more after they were caught in an avalanche, the nation's deadliest in ...

NEVADA CITY, Calif. -- Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers and are searching for one more who remains missing after an avalanche in the Castle Peak area near Lake Tahoe, authorities ...

Eight skiers were killed and one other was presumed dead in the deadliest snow disaster in modern California history. Six were found alive. Eight skiers were killed and one other was presumed dead in ...

NEVADA CITY, Calif. (AP) — Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers and are searching for one more who is still missing after an avalanche in the mountains near Lake Tahoe, authorities said ...

NEVADA CITY, Calif. -- The six backcountry skiers rescued after being caught in a Donner Pass avalanche are now safely off the mountain, Nevada County Sheriff's office said Tuesday night. Sheriff's ...