Fifteen people — four ski guides and 11 clients — were returning from a three-day touring trip to Frog Lake on Tuesday when they were caught in the avalanche at Nevada County's Castle Peak, according to Blackbird Mountain Guides, the company that organized the trip.
The Castle Peak avalanche was only about a mile from a slide that killed a snowmobiler back on January 5. So what makes this remote terrain so dangerous yet so enticing for skiers and riders?
Frog Lake sits at 7,600 feet. It's a miles-long journey from the trailhead, with an elevation gain of more than 1,000 feet.
There is no avalanche mitigation in the area where Tuesday's avalanche occurred, and in the wilderness, risks always exist – especially in the blizzard conditions the Sierra has experienced this week.
Tuesday's avalanche was the fourth-deadliest in U.S. history, and the deadliest in California history.
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