Ten backcountry skiers are unaccounted for after an avalanche struck near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday while heavy snow fell in the area.

Six backcountry skiers were found alive and 10 others were still missing Tuesday after an avalanche in Northern California during a powerful winter storm moving through the state.

Six backcountry skiers were found alive and 10 others were missing Tuesday after an avalanche in northern California as a powerful winter storm moved through the state. Search and rescue crews were dispatched to Frog Lake in the Castle Peak area, northwest of Lake Tahoe, after someone called 911 at…

Sixteen backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche in the Castle Peak area near Truckee. Six survived, but 10 remain unaccounted for.

Rescue crews battled blizzard conditions in an effort to reach six skiers trapped after an avalanche in the Northern California mountains that left 10 other skiers missing.

Authorities say search and rescue crews are looking for multiple backcountry skiers feared missing after a reported avalanche in Northern California as a powerful winter storm moves through the state.

Authorities say six backcountry skiers were found alive and 10 others were still missing Tuesday in an avalanche in Northern California during a powerful winter storm moving through the state.