US EditionCrews recover bodies of 9 backcountry skiers days after California avalanche
Recovery was delayed by storms and avalanche risk, requiring mitigation before crews safely retrieved all nine victims, the deadliest avalanche in California since 1982.
- On Saturday, crews recovered the bodies of nine backcountry skiers, completing the recovery four days after Tuesday's avalanche near Castle Peak, Lake Tahoe.
- Brutal weather and avalanche risk forced officials to pause recovery for several days due to heavy snow and the threat of more avalanches, with officials using water on Friday for avalanche mitigation by breaking up unstable snowpack.
- A Black Hawk helicopter supported the effort Saturday, hovering around Frog Lake for just under 90 minutes as multiple agencies, including California Highway Patrol air operations and Nevada County Sheriff's search and rescue, assisted.
- Six others on the trip survived, and officials called it the deadliest U.S. avalanche since 1981, with six women who were close friends and three professional guides among the dead.
- A temporary flight restriction was extended to 5 p.m. Sunday, and the Nevada County Sheriff's Department said the victim recovery effort remains ongoing ahead of a 1 p.m. news conference.
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The bodies of the nine off-piste skiers killed in an avalanche in California four days ago were recovered, announced Saturday the authorities, putting an end to a difficult operation hampered by intense snowfall.
Four days after the devastating avalanche accident in the United States, all the dead were recovered. Snow masses had made it difficult to deploy. Meanwhile, the victims' identity is also known.Four days after one of the most severe avalanches in the history of the United States, the bodies of all nine victims have been recovered. They are seven women and two men aged between 30 and 52, including three mountain guides, as reported by the Sheriff…
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DNyuzAll 9 bodies of skiers killed in devastating avalanche recovered by authorities
California search-and-rescue teams have recovered the bodies of all nine missing skiers killed in a devastating avalanche in a remote region of Sierra Nevada mountains.
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