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An unidentified member of the Nevada County Sheriff Search and Rescue team returns to the sheriff’s office during the search for avalanche victims in the Castle Peak area on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.

Crews have recovered and identified all nine victims killed in Tuesday’s avalanche near Castle Peak, which has become the deadliest in modern California history. “While we wish we could have saved ...

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The avalanche that killed eight backcountry skiers Tuesday occurred on a north-facing slope near Perry Peak above Frog Lake and just east of Castle Peak in the Central Sierra Nevada, according to the ...

A final missing skier was also presumed dead, the authorities said. Six survivors were rescued. The avalanche is the deadliest in modern California history. Jill Cowan and Soumya Karlamangla Reporting ...