Officials confirmed that the avalanche near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday that killed at least eight people was the deadliest in California since modern record keeping began. The previous record was the 1982 avalanche in Alpine Meadows,

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.

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 were found alive.

Eight of the nine missing skiers caught in an avalanche in the Castle Park area were confirmed dead, and one remains missing, according to Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon. Rescuers are still working to recover their bodies,

Authorities say six backcountry skiers are alive and 10 others are missing after an avalanche in Northern California that occurred during a powerful winter storm moving through the state

Search crews slogged through mountainous wilderness and deep snow looking for nine backcountry skiers who remain missing Wednesday following an avalanche near Lake Tahoe. Six others have already been rescued.

An avalanche in California's Lake Tahoe region has left 10 backcountry skiers missing, authorities say, with six more people stranded and awaiting rescue. The avalanche was reported about 11:30PST (19:30GMT) in the Castle Peak area near the town of Truckee,

Rescue crews on skis and snowcats battled blizzard conditions in an effort to reach six backcountry skiers trapped after an avalanche high in the rugged Northern California mountains that left 10 other skiers missing as the danger of more slides remained high.