Experts say a weekslong “snow drought” in Norther California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had ...

The recovery of skiers killed in the deadliest U.S. avalanche in almost 45 years is dragging out because of what experts say ...

Crews will have to pause their efforts in trying to recover the bodies of the skiers who died in an avalanche, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office said Thursday, explaining that weather conditions are ...