It surpasses the toll of seven killed in a March 1982 avalanche at the Alpine Meadows — now Palisades Tahoe — ski resort, in the same general region.

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.

Six of the skiers were rescued on Tuesday night near Lake Tahoe. Young voters are turning away from Trump. Here’s why American couple bought a house in Italy for $13,150 and spent around $18,000 renovating it—take a look inside As baby boomers are forced to ‘unretire’ because they’ve not saved enough,

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

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

One person is still missing after the disaster Tuesday, and search and rescue operations have shifted to recovery efforts.

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,