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Above a crystal clear view of Lake Tahoe, a snowboarder explores fresh powder Sunday at Heavenly Ski Resort. Researchers at the nearby UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab said it had received 25.6 ...
The KT-22 Express ski lift is empty after an avalanche at Palisades Tahoe on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, a day after a deadly avalanche buried multiple people and killed a 66-year-old man.
An avalanche swept up skiers at Lake Tahoe's largest ski resort on Jan. 10, 2024, as a 150-foot-wide sheet of snow slid down a mountain slope into a pile 10 feet deep.
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.
The avalanche, which happened about 9:30 a.m. local time, was on the Palisades side of the resort mountain, Palisades Tahoe said. The sheriff's office added that it was specifically above the GS ...
Some areas of the Sierra saw more than 7 feet of snow in a 72-hour period, according to the National Weather Service, including Sugar Bowl, California, which received 89 inches (7.42 feet) and ...
Major ski areas were closed from Lake Tahoe to Mammoth as a blizzard hit California's Sierra Nevada with heavy snow and high winds.
A major highway was closed and ski resorts were shut down Sunday as the effects of a powerful blizzard continued to cause problems across the Sierra Nevada, and forecasters warned that more heavy ...