Eight of the nine ‘missing’ backcountry skiers were found dead after an avalanche happened at Lake Tahoe’s Boreal Mountain Resort/Castle Peak in California. Six other skiers were rescued. This is the deadliest avalanche in the US in 45 years. A group of 15 skiers were caught in an avalanche on Tuesday morning as they were on their way back from a 3-day trip. Search and rescue efforts went late into Tuesday evening amid ‘treacherous conditions.’ “They were on their way back to camp when the avalanche actually hit. It took these search and rescue crews hours just to find those first few survivors that we’re talking,” Sheriff Shannan Moon said. Fox News reported: Eight skiers that went missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in…
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