Скачать или смотреть Avalanche warning lifted as weather improves around Castle Peak in California

(20 Feb 2026)
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Soda Springs, California - 20 February 2026
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Authorities investigating the deadly avalanche in California’s Sierra Nevada will look at whether criminal negligence played a role in the tragedy, a sheriff’s office leading one of several investigations said Friday.

Why the tour company that organized the backcountry ski trip didn't cancel in the face of a powerful storm and what their guides knew as the weather worsened are questions being considered.

Both the Nevada County Sheriff’s office and a state agency that regulates workplace safety have opened investigations. Ashley Quadros, a spokesperson with the sheriff's office, declined on Friday to share more, saying it is an open investigation.

Crews have not yet recovered the bodies of the eight people killed in Tuesday's avalanche or found the body of a ninth person missing and presumed dead. Search teams hoped to make progress Friday after heavy snow and the threat of new avalanches in recent days stopped the recovery efforts. As of Friday morning, there were no signs that the search had resumed, and the sheriff’s department didn’t answer questions about if it would.

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