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Six victims of California avalanche identified as part of close-knit friend group

person walks under building structure outside amid snowy forest
A Nevada county sheriff's deputy walks outside the Truckee substation, on Thursday. Photograph: Héctor Amezcua/TNS/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Six of the eight people who died after a major avalanche swept through the Castle Peak area of the Sierra Nevada this week have been identified, according to multiple reports.

The identified victims – Carrie Atkin, Liz Clabaugh, Danielle Keatley, Kate Morse, Caroline Sekar and Kate Vitt – were part of a close-knit group who frequently went on ski trips together, a spokesperson for the families told the San Francisco Chronicle. The women and their families “cherished time together in the mountains”, the spokesperson said.

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