1st Avalanche Fatality of 2015/16 Occurs in California | UCLA Student Found Dead in Mt. Whitney Area The first avalanche fatality of 2015/16 has occurred in California in the Mt. Whitney region. The body of a UCLA graduate student who went missing in early November was found buried in avalanche debris on Saturday in the John Muir Wilderness.ย The body belongs to 25-year-old UCLA graduate student Micheal David Meyers. According to Inyo County Sheriff William Lutze, search […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 23, 2015 9 Comments