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Avalanche buries 2, killing 1, at Lake Tahoe-area ski resort

Sixteen-year-old Storm Jacobs was on a chairlift at Palisades Tahoe resort on Wednesday morning when he saw a tragedy begin to unfurl. Jacobs was headed to the newly opened KT-22 peak when he saw a wave of snow that picked up momentum, knocking down a skier and then a snowboarder. As people screamed, “Avalanche!” Jacobs said, he and his friends were “all in shock.” One skier was killed and ...
Skiers glide down a slope at Palisades Tahoe on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023.

Sixteen-year-old Storm Jacobs was on a chairlift at Palisades Tahoe resort on Wednesday morning when he saw a tragedy begin to unfurl.

Jacobs was headed to the newly opened KT-22 peak when he saw a wave of snow that picked up momentum, knocking down a skier and then a snowboarder.

As people screamed, “Avalanche!” Jacobs said, he and his friends were “all in shock.”

One skier was killed and another guest was injured when they were buried in the avalanche Wednesday at the popular ski resort near Lake Tahoe, officials said. It occurred at about 9:30 a.m. above the G.S. Gully area of the KT-22 peak, . Patrol and mountain operations teams began a search, and all lifts on both the Palisades and Alpine Meadows sides of the mountain resort were closed for the rest of

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