A winter storm warning forecast up to 8 feet of snow in California’s Lake Tahoe Region and the avalanche conditions were considered “very dangerous.”

Experts say a weekslong “snow drought” in Norther California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened.

Some of the victims of Tuesday’s deadly Sierra avalanche were mothers of young racers in Sugar Bowl’s ski academy, a program that brings Bay Area families to the mountain each winter.

Multiple people are dead after a deadly avalanche in the Sierra near Lake Tahoe with search crews working around the clock in the dangerous conditions.

The backcountry trip near Lake Tahoe where eight skiers were killed after an avalanche was led by a tour outfit that promises global mountain adventures including skiing and rock climbing in the wilderness.

A January avalanche at Castle Peak killed a 42-year-old Oregon man. Now another powerful storm has triggered a new slide in the same area and 10 people remain unaccounted for.

Officials update the search for the missing skiers following this week’s avalanche in California. Earlier Wednesday, eight bodies were found, with one skier still missing. This has turned from a