Search-and-rescue personnel working through dangerous weather conditions recovered six skiers who were stranded in Northern California's backcountry following an avalanche on Tuesday.

A group of skiers trapped up a California mountain by a huge avalanche have created a makeshift shelter using tarp. They were forced to take the drastic action on Tuesday night as rescuers battled a raging blizzard to try to find them in the backcountry near Lake Tahoe.

An avalanche near Castle Peak outside Truckee buried 10 skiers and left six survivors stranded in whiteout conditions as 46 rescuers launched a massive response.

At least 10 backcountry skiers remain missing after a powerful avalanche struck near Lake Tahoe’s Castle Peak area in California’s Sierra Nevada.

A tour guide company that organized the trip for a large group of backcountry skiers that went missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe has broken its silence. Sixteen people are believed to have been hit by the terrifying slide on Tuesday morning as snow battered the region.