By Rich McKay Feb 18 (Reuters) - At least eight skiers died in an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, and a ninth is presumed dead, authorities said on Wednesday, making the disaster ...

Six others from the group have already been rescued after they became stranded on Tuesday, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office ...

Eight skiers who were caught in an avalanche Tuesday near Lake Tahoe have been found dead, according to the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. One person is still missing, and six others were rescued.

Authorities said eight of the nine skiers reported missing after an avalanche near California's Lake Tahoe have been found ...

It's the deadliest avalanche in California since modern record keeping began.

A snowmobiler out with four friends was killed in an avalanche on Jan. 6 in the same region as Tuesday's event. Chris Scott Thomason of Bend, Oregon, died. The avalanche occurred in Johnson Valley on ...

Families of more missing skiers have been told that the mission is now one of recovery not rescue ...

The slide, which caught 15 people, appears to be the deadliest skier-involved avalanche in history, surpassing the 1982 ...