AVALANCHE AT ALPINE MEADOWS RESORT IN LAKE TAHOE KILLS 1
SCM ALERT🚨, Fri Jan 17 2020, 05:19PM
[FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
LAKE TAHOE — At least one person has died and another was seriously injured Friday in an avalanche at a Northern California ski resort and search crews were scouring the resort for other potential victims, authorities said. The avalanche occurred after a storm passed through the area Thursday, dumping large amounts of snow at Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows, a ski resort in the Lake Tahoe area.
The resort said the avalanche was reported shortly after 10 a.m. in an open area of the resort. One male skier died and a second male skier sustained severe lower body-injuries and was taken to a hospital.
The Sierra Avalanche Center had warned of dangerous avalanche conditions for all elevations. Its website that there was “a high degree of uncertainty in regards to snowpack instability near and below treeline.” The avalanche was first reported around 10:30 a.m. above the Subway ski run. Alpine Meadows resort will remain open, but the area near the Subway ski run is closed. The Tahoe area has received 1-2 feet of snow over the past 24 hours.
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Alpine Meadows is one of several ski resorts owned by the Alterra Mountain Company. They also own the local Big Bear ski resorts Snow Summit and Bear Mountain.
SCM ALERT🚨, Fri Jan 17 2020, 05:19PM
[FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
LAKE TAHOE — At least one person has died and another was seriously injured Friday in an avalanche at a Northern California ski resort and search crews were scouring the resort for other potential victims, authorities said. The avalanche occurred after a storm passed through the area Thursday, dumping large amounts of snow at Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows, a ski resort in the Lake Tahoe area.
The resort said the avalanche was reported shortly after 10 a.m. in an open area of the resort. One male skier died and a second male skier sustained severe lower body-injuries and was taken to a hospital.
The Sierra Avalanche Center had warned of dangerous avalanche conditions for all elevations. Its website that there was “a high degree of uncertainty in regards to snowpack instability near and below treeline.” The avalanche was first reported around 10:30 a.m. above the Subway ski run. Alpine Meadows resort will remain open, but the area near the Subway ski run is closed. The Tahoe area has received 1-2 feet of snow over the past 24 hours.
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Alpine Meadows is one of several ski resorts owned by the Alterra Mountain Company. They also own the local Big Bear ski resorts Snow Summit and Bear Mountain.
