The ski resort. The storm that hit yesterday has cleared out. Theres sunshine and a lot of snow left behind. We have calls into the Placer County sheriff. Were told that search and rescue teams will be working in the avalanche area. And this from the caltrans cameras near the entrance to Alpine Meadows resort. You can see the roads are mostly clear. For the most part they are. Kind of some slushy conditions and good access for the rescue teams. An avalanche in the sierra this morning. Several victims are unaccounted for. This happening at the Alpine Meadows resort. You might remember a deadly avalanche in 1982 killed seven people there at alpine. Im allen martin. Now back to you. And Current Conditions at Alpine Meadows. And in the last 24 hours, 25 inches of snow. We did have a winter storm warning in effect for this area this morning because of the winter storm that dumped a lot of snow in the sierra. And that snow depth at the top of Alpine Meadows. 108inches of powder there. So now
Were killed. Live at the Alpine Meadows ski resort, im da lin, kpix 5. Let me tell you more about Alpine Meadows, the other deadly avalanche was decades ago and 7 people were killed and 5 severely injured in march of 1982. It was a wall of snow and ice that dropped from some 700 feet above the Northeast Area of alpine. It took out one chair lift and damaged others. It buried structures including the main lodge. And a major avalanche at squaw valley in 2018 caught 5 people near the olympic lady chair lift. 2 people were seriously injured. A snow boarders rescue captured here on cell phone video. No one was killed in that instant. Sincntthreat of avalanche, its something the rescue teams train for. This exercise from 2017 is typical. They use specially trained dogs, probes to practice looking for victims buried in the snow. Brian hackney has been in the Weather Center for us trackinns. Yesletjuloiteea cycle ofa lot snow followed by a thaw and more snow, and that led to unstable condition
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