The six women killed in an avalanche in California’s Sierra Nevada were among a group of eight close friends and experienced backcountry skiers on a trip together.

Many of the people on the fatal trek had ties to a ski-focused private school, Sugar Bowl Academy, in the Sierra Nevada.

This combination of an unstable base below a thick layer of unconsolidated fresh snow is one of the most dangerous causes of ...

Search crews located eight avalanche victims deceased, but harsh weather in the Sierra Nevadas prevented them from recovering ...

Six others in the party survived. One person is still missing but presumed dead, officials said, as searchers fight ...

The group — four guides and 11 skiers — were returning from a three-day guided backcountry trip from the Frog Lake Huts to a trailhead near Castle Peak when a blizzard moved in. Investigators said an ...

Weather and snow conditions will dictate when the bodies of skiers killed in the avalanche near Lake Tahoe can be retrieved ...

EIGHT BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS DIED IN AN AVALANCHE YESTERDAY MORNING. ABOUT THIS TIME NEAR CASTLE PEAK IN THE TAHOE NATIONAL ...

Nine skiers were killed in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California on a trip to Frog Lake Huts with Blackbird Mountain Guides near Castle Peak ...

This week's avalanche north of California's Lake Tahoe has become the deadliest in the state's recorded history. Here are the ...

Knight, a four-time Olympic medalist including gold in 2018, has said these will be her final games. It is also the final Olympics for Bowe, 37, who is a two-time bronze medalist. A skeleton racer who ...

Rescue crews have found the bodies of eight skiers caught in the devastating snow slide. A ninth skier remains missing.