UPDATE: Placer County Sheriff’s Office says no one else was reported missing, and the search of the area is complete. Placer County Sgt. Mike Powers says the avalanche came after a storm passed through the area Thursday and dumped snow at Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows, a ski resort in the Lake Tahoe area. The Sierra Avalanche Center had warned of dangerous avalanche conditions for all elevations. Its website said that there was “a high degree of uncertainty in regards to snowpack instability near and below treeline.” The storm dumped up to 25 inches (0.63 meters) of snow at the top of the resort, said Edan Weishahn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Reno, Nev. She said 1 to 2 feet of snow fell in the surrounding mountains over a 24-hour period.
LAKE TAHOE, CA (KMJ) – One person is dead, one is seriously injured in an avalanche in Lake Tahoe.
Crews were responding to an avalanche at a Northern California ski resort Friday and several people were unaccounted for, the Placer County sheriff’s office said in a tweet.
Placer County Sheriff’s Office say their deputies & their Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue (tnsar)Tteam has responded to the avalanche near the Subway ski run.
There are several unaccounted victims.
The property has more than 100 trails across 2400 acres, groomed runs and chalet-style lodges.
The resort is in Tahoe City and about 7 miles from Lake Tahoe.
The Alpine Meadows Resort remains open to the public, however, the area near the Subway ski run is closed at this time.
Caltrans reports that the avalanche is not affecting State Route 89 at Alpine Meadows.
The highway remains open to traffic.
