The story of how nine skiers were killed, and six survived, in the deadliest avalanche in modern California history.

Authorities say an avalanche near Lake Tahoe has killed eight backcountry skiers, and one person remains missing.

The group had spent two nights at the Frog Lake huts and was returning to the trailhead when the avalanche struck.

“Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous,” said the great Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner. Once again ...

When a catastrophic avalanche washed over parts of the High Sierra, first responders rescued six survivors and discovered ...

The avalanche that killed eight skiers this week in California is the deadliest in state history as another expected powerful ...

Five people who died in the Feb. 17 avalanche were recovered on Feb. 20, while the remaining four were recovered on Feb. 21 ...

SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4) — The two skiers who were caught in a deadly avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon have been identified.

This week's avalanche north of California's Lake Tahoe has become the deadliest in the state's recorded history. Here are the ...

Survivors of the devastating Lake Tahoe-area avalanche that killed nine skiers said the group welcomed the treacherous conditions that ultimately cost them their lives. Before the tragedy, a major ...

Europe has had a particularly deadly season of avalanches. Here's what's going on.