CALIFORNIA - A steep, snow-covered mountain in Northern California collapsed, burying dozens of skiers at several points on Tuesday local time.
AP reported Wednesday, February 18, the SAR team who conducted the search after the report related to this incident was received at 11.30.
Hours later, Nevada County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Ashley Quadros said six skiers were trapped in the affected area of Frog Lake in the Castle Peak area, northwest of Lake Tahoe.
After the location of the six ski players had been found and asked to take shelter in a place "as much as possible" until they could be contacted.
Nevada County Sheriff's Captain Russell Greene told KCRA-TV that authorities were notified of the avalanche by a ski tour company that was taking the group to Castle Peak.
Other reports also came to officers from emergency signal transmitters carried by skiers. Emergency communication devices that can send text messages.
Castle Peak, which is 9,110 feet (2,777 meters) high in the Donner Summit area of the Sierra Nevada, Northern California, is a popular location for cross-country skiing.
Donner Summit, which is treacherous when snowy, is named after the famous local story of the 'Donner Party', a group of skiers who were trapped there in the winter of 1846-1847, and were forced to cannibalism.
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