Ski guide company that led trip resulting in California's deadliest avalanche 'no longer operating'
The company’s website says it has ceased operations after the avalanche that killed nine people and led to more than $150,000 in proposed penalties.
- Blackbird Mountain Guides has ceased operations, the company's website says, months after an avalanche near Castle Peak killed nine people on a backcountry ski trip the company was leading.
- Earlier this year, an avalanche near Donner Summit on February 17 killed nine of the 15 people on the excursion, including three of Blackbird's guides.
- California OSHA fined Blackbird $151,300 for safety violations in August, including an $81,000 penalty for failing to correct avalanche terrain hazards when danger was rated high.
- Blackbird disputed the citations and filed an appeal in August, but the company's website now states it is "no longer operating" and all social media accounts have been deleted.
- The February avalanche remains the deadliest in the United States since 1981, while Blackbird's appeal of the OSHA citations continues to be pending.
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Tahoe Daily Tribune
Sierra SunGuide company involved in deadly February avalanche closes
TRUCKEE, Calif. – The backcountry guide company involved in the Feb. 17 avalanche near Castle Peak has permanently closed, according to its online listing and website. Blackbird Mountain Guides lost three of its guide members and six clients in the incident, listed as the deadliest avalanche in modern California history, occurring in backcountry terrain just outside of Truckee. With a Google listing that reads “Permanently Closed,” the company’s…
Blackbird Mountain Guides shuts down months after 9 died in Tahoe avalanche
Blackbird Mountain Guides, the company whose guides were leading skiers out of the Sierra Nevada backcountry when an avalanche struck their group and killed nine people, has ceased operations, according to an undated note on its website. “Blackbird Mountain Guides…
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