**Updated** Skier Partially Buried in Avalanche in Lake Tahoe, CA Yesterday | Avy Report: **This article was updated at 5:20pm PST when the Sierra Avalanche Center updated their report with a report directly from a skier who was in the group of the skier caught in the avalanche, an avalanche accident analysis, and two photos of the avalanche from today.ย A backcountry skier was carried 150-vertical-feet by an avalanche and partially buried on Elephants […] Avalanche SnowBrains | November 12, 2015 6 Comments
Skier-Triggered Avalanche in Lake Tahoe, CA Today: First skier descended slope without incident (ski track mostly covered by debris, but visible in middle left of photo). Second skier did a hard ski cut really pushing with his legs and triggered the avalanche (skier visible at crown in photo). The debris ran over our skin track. We did go one at a time though that area but it seemed solid. We were heading to the looker’s left area shot Eback, but did not like the layers and dropped over to this area, I did a hasty pit and it seemed okay, clearly it was not. […] Avalanche SnowBrains | December 13, 2014 5 Comments