Rescue crews have found the bodies of eight skiers caught in the devastating snow slide. A ninth skier remains missing.

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The group of 15 people was on a three-day backcountry ski trip to Frog Lake huts near Castle Peak, a 9,110-foot mountain with rugged terrain near Lake Tahoe, north of Donner Summit. The skiers had ...

The avalanche struck a group of 15 skiers on a guided backcountry trip late Tuesday morning, killing eight of them and leaving one missing. Six survivors were rescued after being buried for hours in ...

Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers near California's Lake Tahoe and were searching for one more after they were caught in an avalanche, the nation's deadliest in nearly half a century, ...

The families of those who died in the horrific avalanche near Lake Tahoe could sue their tour guide company for as much as $50 million, an attorney has claimed. But the grieving relatives are unlikely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New details of the catastrophic Lake Tahoe-area avalanche — including a never-before-seen image of the mountain where the tragedy ...

11:50 AM PT -- The Nevada County Sheriff, Shannan Moon, announced on Wednesday that eight of the nine skiers missing have been found dead. Rescuers continue to look for the one person still missing.

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