Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A snowy meadow is seen on Donner Summit on Feb. 20. Backcountry avalanche danger will be high again in the early part of this week ...

The group of 15 backcountry skiers would have had only seconds to process the mass of snow heading toward them — traveling at as much as 100 mph — after one skier spotted it and shouted “Avalanche!” ...

Today, I write with a heavy heart. I grew up in Sacramento and have spent much of my life skiing the Sierra Nevada mountains that ring Lake Tahoe. They're honestly incomparable -- timeless, imposing, ...

This week's deadly avalanche north of California's Lake Tahoe involved a group of 15 backcountry skiers and left only six survivors. The slide quickly became the deadliest in state history and the ...

Three of the survivors of last week’s deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe were buried under the snow before being dug out by their fellow skiers in the moments after the disaster, according to an initial ...

Report finds group hit by deadly Sierra avalanche skirted basic safety practice Wilderness near Truckee closed after fatal plane crash Expert: Deadly Tahoe-area avalanche was probably triggered either ...