On February 17th, an avalanche happened in Lake Tahoe, California. This avalanche ended up killing nine people, and was named “Lake Tahoe’s deadliest avalanche.” -- KASPER STALLWORTH, 7th grade
On February 17th, an avalanche happened in Lake Tahoe, California. This avalanche ended up killing nine people, and was named “Lake Tahoe’s deadliest avalanche.”
Snow started to fall during February 15th across the Sierra Crest, with the heaviest snow being though the 16th and 17th. The avalanche formed during the heavy snowfall and lasted for about three days, resulting in nine deaths.The other skiers made it out, 12 of them being injured, but alive.
“They were all mothers, wives and friends, all of whom connected through the love of the outdoors,” Ray Sanchez wrote for CNN. “They were passionate, skilled skiers who cherished time together in the mountains,” said the families of the victims.
The bodies of the nine skiers were found on February 20th and 21st, three days after the avalanche.
“The victims were found clustered in a small area near the toe of the avalanche debris field measuring about 20 feet by 20 feet. They were buried about 5 to 8 feet beneath the surface,” reported SFGATE.
That same week in Utah there were two avalanches. A girl named Madelyn Eitas, 11 was killed on the 19th during the early afternoon at nearby Brighton Ski Resort. This was reported by KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City in this video.
The day before, in Wasatch County, Utah, a father died during another snow slide. He had been snowboarding with his son, the son had survived and tried to dig his father up. However it was too late and his father’s life was taken.
All three of the avalanches during the week killed 11 people in total. The last time the US saw an avalanche this deadly was 1981 in Mount Rainier, Washington.
The Tahoe avalanche has Lit Arts students hesitant about returning to ski this season.
Vanessa Schulte, a 6th grader who has gone skiing around 7 or 6 times stated, “It’s kind of holding off our skiing season cause we go in December and try to make a trip in January, February, and March but that’s basically been a major hold off because we are really scared about it, even though it’s not really us specifically, but there’s been a lot of blizzards and people still have yet to investigate things.”
Sayuri Espinoza, a 7th grader who went to Tahoe near a skiing resort stated that “I think it's sad and I think it’s really bad for the people that live there.”
This shows how disasters like these can make people wait till they clear up or make them unable or hesitant to come back.
“I don’t think I’ll go back soon, probably in a few months when it’s stable there because it’s probably a lot to have more people there while they are needing housing and stuff,” Espinoza said.
“I would be really careful If I was going on a walk or a hike or just skiing in a cross country because that would be bad if there was a blizzard happening,” Schulte said.
Days after the avalanche had happened many news videos had come out speaking about the situation which you may check, here.
Snow started to fall during February 15th across the Sierra Crest, with the heaviest snow being though the 16th and 17th. The avalanche formed during the heavy snowfall and lasted for about three days, resulting in nine deaths.The other skiers made it out, 12 of them being injured, but alive.
“They were all mothers, wives and friends, all of whom connected through the love of the outdoors,” Ray Sanchez wrote for CNN. “They were passionate, skilled skiers who cherished time together in the mountains,” said the families of the victims.
The bodies of the nine skiers were found on February 20th and 21st, three days after the avalanche.
“The victims were found clustered in a small area near the toe of the avalanche debris field measuring about 20 feet by 20 feet. They were buried about 5 to 8 feet beneath the surface,” reported SFGATE.
That same week in Utah there were two avalanches. A girl named Madelyn Eitas, 11 was killed on the 19th during the early afternoon at nearby Brighton Ski Resort. This was reported by KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City in this video.
The day before, in Wasatch County, Utah, a father died during another snow slide. He had been snowboarding with his son, the son had survived and tried to dig his father up. However it was too late and his father’s life was taken.
All three of the avalanches during the week killed 11 people in total. The last time the US saw an avalanche this deadly was 1981 in Mount Rainier, Washington.
The Tahoe avalanche has Lit Arts students hesitant about returning to ski this season.
Vanessa Schulte, a 6th grader who has gone skiing around 7 or 6 times stated, “It’s kind of holding off our skiing season cause we go in December and try to make a trip in January, February, and March but that’s basically been a major hold off because we are really scared about it, even though it’s not really us specifically, but there’s been a lot of blizzards and people still have yet to investigate things.”
Sayuri Espinoza, a 7th grader who went to Tahoe near a skiing resort stated that “I think it's sad and I think it’s really bad for the people that live there.”
This shows how disasters like these can make people wait till they clear up or make them unable or hesitant to come back.
“I don’t think I’ll go back soon, probably in a few months when it’s stable there because it’s probably a lot to have more people there while they are needing housing and stuff,” Espinoza said.
“I would be really careful If I was going on a walk or a hike or just skiing in a cross country because that would be bad if there was a blizzard happening,” Schulte said.
Days after the avalanche had happened many news videos had come out speaking about the situation which you may check, here.
