Avalanche Kills 1 and Shutters Luxe California Ski Resort
An avalanche at the popular ski resort Palisades Tahoe on Wednesday morning killed one out-of-town guest and injured another on a slope that had just opened for the season, authorities said.
Two other people were caught up in the 10 a.m. slide; one of them was extricated by their partner and the other was rescued by other guests at the resort about 100 miles northeast of Sacramento.
In the last week, 21 inches of snow has been dumped on Palisades Tahoe. Resort officials said they performed avalanche surveying and mitigation before opening the lift known as KT-22.