By Rich McKay Feb 18 (Reuters) - At least eight skiers died in an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, and a ninth is presumed dead, authorities said on Wednesday, making the disaster ...

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 ...

Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California.

Six others from the group have already been rescued after they became stranded on Tuesday, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office ...

Authorities said eight of the nine skiers reported missing after an avalanche near California's Lake Tahoe have been found ...

The skiers went missing on Feb. 17 after the avalanche swept through the Castle Peak area, northwest of Lake Tahoe, at about 11:30 a.m.

Eight of the nine skiers who were reported missing after an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada on Tuesday have been found dead. Officials said one person is still missing and presumed dead.

A powerful winter storm triggered an avalanche near Frog Lake in the Castle Peak area north of Interstate 80 at Donner Summit on Tuesday, leaving eight people dead, one missing and six survivors, ...

Eight people are confirmed dead, with one more skier still missing in the horrific avalanche that happened just outside of Lake Tahoe. Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon provided the grim update on ...

It's the deadliest avalanche in California since modern record keeping began.

At least eight skiers died in an avalanche in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, and a ninth is presumed dead, authorities said today, making the disaster one of the deadliest single avalanches in ...