The Castle Peak region, site of the avalanche, is a backcountry area in the Sierra Nevada, popular year-round and easily ...

A final missing skier was also presumed dead, the authorities said. Six survivors were rescued. The avalanche is the ...

The skiers were returning from a three-day trek in California's Sierra Nevada mountains when the avalanche struck. Six were ...

More is being learned about the victims even as recovery efforts continue in California's Lake Tahoe backcountry after a ...

An avalanche watch was issued by the Sierra Avalanche Center on Sunday, two days before skiers were killed in an avalanche ...

Snowfall is expected to continue, according to the National Weather Service.

The Nevada County sheriff says the fatal incident is under investigation, including why many warning signs went unheeded.

Authorities say 15 people were on a three-day skiing trip. Here's what we know so far about the victims and survivors of the avalanche.

Rescue crews reached six survivors Tuesday evening after a large avalanche struck a guided ski group near Castle Peak in the Lake Tahoe region, authorities said.

After days of increasingly brutal conditions in California’s Sierra Nevada, a group of 15 backcountry skiers set out for home ...

Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said in addition to those who died, there were six people rescued, whose ages range from ...