LOS ANGELES (USA), February 21, 2026 (EFE). — After weather conditions allowed them access, rescue teams recovered the bodies of the victims this Saturday. nine skiers who died in an avalanche he mars 17 passed in the north of Californiacounty authorities reported. Nevada.
A eight skiers They were found dead on Wednesday the 18th, but one was still missing.
Today, Saturday, the rescuers found his body and, thus, took the nine from the mountain Castle Peaklocated in the Tahoe National Forestlocated northwest of lago Tahoe.
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Photograph provided to EFE by the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department showing a specialized vehicle to operate in deep snow on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 in California (USA). -
Photo provided to the AP by the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department showing members of a rescue team in Soda Springs, California, on Feb. 17, 2026, searching for skiers missing after an avalanche on Castle Peak Mountain -
The avalanche occurred on Castle Peak, northwest of Lake Tahoe
Huge avalanche
The skiers were part of a group of 15 personasincluding four guides, who were trapped by a block of snow the size of a football field that slipped from a mountainon Tuesday the 17th.
The fatalities are six womenclose friends and experienced skiers, and three professional guides.
Others six people who participated in a three-day journey they survived to the avalanche, the deadliest in the United States since 1981.
tragedy in #LakeTahoe
An avalanche in backcountry terrain near Castle Peak (California) leaves 8 people dead and 1 missing, with several more rescued alive.
It happened off the official slopes of Palisades Tahoe. pic.twitter.com/XkHp1xDWtz— Files A Fondo (@afondoJAL) February 18, 2026
Bad weather and the threat of more avalanches prevented teams from safely recovering the bodies in the following days.
The county authorities Nevadawhere the avalancherevealed the names of the fatal victims and that they were between 30 and 52 years old.
They investigate a company for the nine deaths in the avalanche
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health opened a investigation to determine if the company in charge of organizing the expedition, Blackbird Mountain Guidesbroke the rules.
He Sheriff’s Department of the county de Nevadin addition investigate why skiers They continued with the journey that took them back if there was a winter storm warning which left up to two meters of snow and hit the mountains with winds of 96 kilometers per hour.
On Sunday, February 15, Sierra Avalanche Center issued an alert indicating that “there could be very dangerous avalanche conditions in rural areas” in a region that includes the metropolitan area of lago Tahoe.
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