{"id":66211,"date":"2026-02-19T17:09:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/questions-over-why-ski-group-stayed-on-trip-2-days-after-avalanche-watch-issued-near-californias-lake-tahoe\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:09:50","slug":"questions-over-why-ski-group-stayed-on-trip-2-days-after-avalanche-watch-issued-near-californias-lake-tahoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/questions-over-why-ski-group-stayed-on-trip-2-days-after-avalanche-watch-issued-near-californias-lake-tahoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions over why ski group stayed on trip 2 days after avalanche watch issued near California&#8217;s Lake Tahoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Authorities say they&#8217;re working to find out why a group of skiers and their guides continued with their trip after a first avalanche <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraavalanchecenter.org\/forecasts\/avalanche\/central-sierra-nevada#\/forecast\/1\/180503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">watch was issued on Sunday<\/a>, two days before an<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/california-avalanche-lake-tahoe-castle-peak-skiers-missing\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> avalanche<\/a><\/span> killed some of them near Lake Tahoe, California.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lots of forecasts on this storm. Those are the decisions that the guide company had clearly made. We&#8217;re still in conversations with them on the decision factors,&#8221; Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said.<\/p>\n<p>Eight skiers were found dead in the Sierra Nevada and a ninth was still missing, officials on Wednesday. Search teams rescued six skiers who reportedly sought refuge in trees following the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/california-deadly-avalanche-warning-signs-to-recognize\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">avalanche<\/a><\/span> that happened on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The group of 11 skiers and four guides was returning from a three-day backcountry ski trip during a winter storm that dumped up to 7 feet of snow and lashed the mountains with 60 mph winds. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Sierra Avalanche Center issued an avalanche watch saying &#8220;very dangerous avalanche conditions could occur in the backcountry&#8221; in a region including the greater Lake Tahoe area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;HIGH avalanche danger is anticipated in the backcountry Monday evening, lasting through Tuesday night, and possibly into Wednesday,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>An avalanche warning was then issued on the morning of Feb. 17, the day of the incident, extending to Friday. The advisory stated that &#8220;HIGH avalanche danger exists in the backcountry&#8221; and said &#8220;large&#8221; avalanches were expected across backcountry terrain.<\/p>\n<p>Moon said a football field-sized slab of snow slid off a mountain in the Castle Peak area, which is about 10 miles north of Lake Tahoe \u2013 swallowing the skiers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Someone saw the avalanche, yelled &#8216;avalanche!&#8217; and it overtook them rather quickly,&#8221; Capt. Russel Greene of the Nevada County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue crews have faced treacherous conditions, including blinding snow and high winds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/18\/d4ba68aa-0776-4b2b-9962-32ca8361289e\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f2ded5b52854eea8243d37d984494d2f\/2026-02-18t192914z-1987580982-rc2bojai8n73-rtrmadp-3-california-avalanche.jpg#\" alt=\"Rescue teams deploy to the site of an avalanche in a backcountry slope of California's Sierra Nevada mountains \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/18\/d4ba68aa-0776-4b2b-9962-32ca8361289e\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f2ded5b52854eea8243d37d984494d2f\/2026-02-18t192914z-1987580982-rc2bojai8n73-rtrmadp-3-california-avalanche.jpg 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