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Backcountry guide company faces $150K in fines after California’s deadliest modern avalanche

California workplace safety officials have fined Blackbird Mountain Guides after an avalanche killed three guides and six skiers in February

The Independent UK · Aug 21

‘They were mothers, wives, friends’: how a ski trip turned deadly in the California mountains

A picture is emerging of one of the worst avalanche disasters in US history, and the women among a tight-knit group of friends who died

The Guardian - US · Feb 21

Officials investigate deadly California avalanche for possible criminal negligence

Nevada county sheriff said investigation includes learning why the ski trip was not cancelled by the guide company

The Guardian - US · Feb 20

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Authorities probing fatal Lake Tahoe avalanche looking at criminal investigation: Report

Authorities and loved ones are questioning why such experienced skiers took an avalanche-prone route during a severe storm

The Independent UK · Feb 20

California avalanche site where eight skiers died had been closed for a century before tragedy

Three of those who died were guides on the doomed trip

The Independent UK · Feb 18

Eight skiers found dead and one still missing after Lake Tahoe avalanche

It is the deadliest avalanche in the U.S. since 1981

The Independent UK · Feb 18

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