Recovering from a 400-yard-long “soft slab” avalanche, the survivors would have had mere minutes to try to locate the others ...

Recovering from a 400-yard-long “soft slab” avalanche, the survivors would have had mere minutes to try to locate the others who had been buried, then frantically try to dig them out.

Newly released details and images from the Sierra Avalanche Center are shedding light on the frantic, days-long rescue effort following last week’s deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe that left nine ...

Cesar Paz, 22, was one of two good Samaritans who stopped to help 23-year-old Concord resident Daniel Tam put on tire chains ...

Newly released images from the Sierra Avalanche Center show the massive debris field left by the February 17 avalanche at Castle Peak that killed nine backcountry skiers.

While weather conditions have improved in Lake Tahoe, the coast isn’t clear yet, as some areas still face a high avalanche danger.

New details are coming out about last week's avalanche near Lake Tahoe, which took the lives of nine backcountry ...