The deadly avalanche that came to define a community in Lake Tahoe
The deadly avalanche that came to define a community in Lake Tahoe FacebookTwitterEmail Dick Gilmore/AP The snow came down fast and didn’t stop for days. Inch by inch, then foot by foot, the late-season storm arrived with the force of 120 mph wind gusts and buried the mountains in a sea of white. March 31, 1982, was the fifth day of the storm. Conditions were so unrelenting, Alpine Meadows Ski Area shut down for the entire day. The resort was struggling to manage the 7 feet of snow that had fallen, while the storm’s onslaught continued. Alpine Meadows is marked by its terrain — rocky ci...
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