Rescuers have been desperately looking for the group which was caught within the avalanche early Tuesday on Citadel Peak within the Tahoe space. Earlier, six skiers have been discovered alive, two of them being taken to hospital.
“We’re nonetheless searching for one of many members right now,” Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon stated, cautioning that the storm is hampering any motion.
“Excessive climate circumstances I’d say is an understatement: a lot of snow, gale-force winds, winds making it inconceivable to see,” Moon stated.
Blackbird Mountain Guides, the corporate main the doomed backcountry journey, stated the 11 shoppers and 4 guides had been staying on the Frog Lake huts since Sunday and have been “within the technique of returning” again to base.
Over 40 first responders launched the search, in response to officers, together with “extremely expert rescue ski groups” from each Boreal Mountain Ski Resort and Tahoe Donner’s Alder Creek Journey Centre.
