Police ask people to "use extreme caution" and be aware of weather conditions before recreating outside after separate tragedies claim 3 skiers.

Murphy was one of two ski patrollers swept away by an avalanche on Lincoln Mountain in the resort while doing avalanche mitigation following a heavy snowstorm, the resort said. It was closed to the public at the time. The second patroller was uninjured by the 11:30 a.m. avalanche, the resort said. Murphy was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Two ski patrollers were caught in an avalanche Friday after heavy snowfall from a recent atmospheric river triggered a slide on Lincoln Mountain in California’s Sierra Nevada.

Since December 2023, 30 people have died in avalanches across the United States, highlighting the critical role of avalanche rescue dogs in California. Avalanche rescue dogs undergo rigorous training to prepare for life-saving missions in snowy conditions.

In Oregon's Cascade Mountains, an avalanche killed two backcountry skiers, while another was killed in an avalanche near South Lake Tahoe, authorities said.

A growing number of skiers, weary of high prices and long lift lines at crowded resorts, are turning to the solitude of backcountry slopes. But the avalanche dangers are real, and skiers should go in prepared.

A ski patroller caught in a Valentine‘s Day avalanche at Mammoth Mountain has died from the injuries she sustained, resort officials said Saturday. Claire Murphy was one of two patrollers ...

A couple in Central Oregon was found dead after being caught in an avalanche while skiing the day after another person was killed in a separate avalanche in California. "I am deeply saddened by ...

A backcountry skier from South Lake Tahoe was killed in an avalanche Monday at California's Luther Pass, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office reported. Dispatchers received a call late Monday afternoon of an overdue skier in the area of Powderhouse Peak,

A Mammoth Mountain ski patrol employee has died after sustaining serious injuries last week from an avalanche.

Another skier, in an avalanche separate from the one in Oregon, was killed near Powderhouse Peak in California, around 111 miles east of Sacramento, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office. On Monday, the victim was reported overdue to the county's dispatch, police said. The skier was later found dead by friends in an avalanche area.

Claire Murphy was injured in a Feb. 14 avalanche at Mammoth Mountain, the California resort said. Photo by Nicholas Cool via Unsplash A ski patroller hospitalized following a Feb. 14 avalanche at ...