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Know the snow before you go - elevated danger of backcountry avalanches around Lake Tahoe


By Paula Peterson
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Snow avalanches kill more people in National Forests than any other natural hazard. Each winter, 25 to 30 people die in avalanches in the United States, and nearly all of these deaths involve recreation on National Forest land.
The high number of avalanche deaths in a seven-day period was just recorded with 14 people dying in an avalanche. This was the deadliest people since the U.S. Forest Service s (USFS) National Avalanche Center started tracking deaths, according to Karl Birkeland, the center s director.
While there have been no deaths from avalanches in the Lake Tahoe area this season, activity recorded with the Sierra Avalanche Center (SAC) show February has been a very active period. There have been 33 observations of avalanches between Donner Summit and Blue Lakes since February 12 (see list of snowpack and avalanche observations here). The forecast for the next two days in the region is f ....

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At least 14 people died in avalanches last week, the deadliest week of US avalanches on record


At least 15 people died in avalanches last week, the deadliest week of US avalanches on record
CNN
2/9/2021
By Artemis Moshtaghian, Scottie Andrew, Alta Spells and Joe Sutton, CNN
© From Colorado Avalanche Information Center
Looking across at the avalanche that caught four skiers on February 1, 2021. Their ski tracks are visible to the right of the avalanche, but where they entered into the gully is obscured by trees. Further to the right you can see a second, smaller avalanche, that released sympathetically to the first.
Andy Jessen was the mayor pro tempore of Eagle, Colorado. Sarah Moughamian, a lover of all things outdoors, spent all the free time she had in the Utah snow. Army Ranger Matthew Nyman survived a helicopter crash in Iraq that crushed his foot but he learned to climb again, most recently on Alaska s Bear Mountain. ....

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