After days of increasingly brutal conditions in California’s Sierra Nevada, a group of 15 backcountry skiers set out for home. But as they left remote huts at thousands of feet of elevation and trekked back toward the trailhead,

But with nearby Highway 80 closed due to an ongoing massive storm, it was a challenge to reach the group, and authorities had to improvise. The trapped skiers were directly across

Eight skiers buried by snow and debris near California’s Lake Tahoe amid dangerous conditions were killed in what is now the deadliest avalanche in the state’s recorded history, authorities said Wednesday.

Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers near California's Lake Tahoe and were searching for one more after they were caught in an avalanche, the nation's deadliest in nearly half a century,

Authorities said eight of the nine skiers reported missing after an avalanche near California's Lake Tahoe have been found dead, with the ninth skier still missing but also presumed deceased. The avalanche was reported near Castle Peak in Nevada County,

Eight people were confirmed dead, and a ninth skier is presumed dead in what authorities say is the deadliest avalanche in California history. The eight bodies were found close to one another following the guided trip to Castle Peak,

Six survivors were rescued. The avalanche is the deadliest in modern California history. The bodies of eight skiers killed during an avalanche were found during a rescue effort late Tuesday in California near Lake Tahoe.

Eight backcountry skiers were confirmed killed and a ninth was presumed to have perished when their tour group was overtaken by a football-field-sized avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains on Tuesday,