Tuesday's avalanche on Castle Peak, a rugged area in the Donner Pass region of California's northern Sierra, killed at least 8 skiers, officials said Wednesday. The tragedy marks the deadliest U.S.

Eight skiers lay dead on a Sierra mountainside Wednesday, their bodies unreachable by rescuers, a day after a powerful avalanche tore through backcountry terrain near Donner Pass. One more person ...

Eight skiers lay dead on a Sierra mountainside Wednesday, their bodies unreachable by rescuers, a day after a powerful avalanche tore through backcountry terrain near Donner Pass. One more person ...

Icy roads and cold temperatures are expected for the Friday morning commute in Reno-Tahoe, with a two-hour delay for Washoe County schools.

A final missing skier was also presumed dead, the authorities said. Six survivors were rescued. The avalanche is the deadliest in modern California history. Jill Cowan and Soumya Karlamangla Reporting ...

As Northern Nevada continues to dig out of the last snowstorm, forecasters are seeing another wave or two on the horizon.

Fresh powder is waiting across the Sierra. Ski resorts around Lake Tahoe are digging out and reopening lifts with 2 to 4 feet of snow from the latest storm. A winter weather advisory remains in effect ...

The avalanche that killed eight backcountry skiers Tuesday occurred on a north-facing slope near Perry Peak above Frog Lake and just east of Castle Peak in the Central Sierra Nevada, according to the ...

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 ...