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Take the whole family out to this stunning alpine lake in Glacier National Park, where an accessible yet challenging trail ...
The Alpine Meadows avalanche is a terrifying piece of Lake Tahoe, California, lore. In March 1982, while the resort was closed, an enormous avalanche cascaded into Alpine Meadows’ base area, ...
Officials reported an avalanche on the Alpine Meadows side of Palisades Tahoe on Thursday afternoon, just one day after an avalanche killed one man and injured three others on the other mountain ...
1982 Alpine Meadows avalanche documentary filmmaker talks about tragedy at Palisades Tahoe 02:20. Tahoe is no stranger to deadly avalanches. In March of 1982, tons of snow came crashing down the ...
While Alpine Meadows closed due to the heavy snow, a crew of 13 remained on site. The avalanche brought millions of tons of snow down, destroying heavy equipment and a two-story ski lift workers ...
Jim Plehn was the avalanche forecaster at Alpine Meadows ski resort in 1982 when the deadliest snowslide in U.S. history claimed seven victims, a tragedy for which he still feels partially ...
The slide buried the Alpine Meadows’ parking lot under 10 to 20 feet of snow (Davisson was in a more sheltered area of the lot), destroyed an entire building and killed seven people. One woman ...
It's been 40 years since former avalanche forecaster Jim Plehn dug his friends' bodies out of the snow. A massive avalanche had crashed into the base area of Alpine Meadows ski resort, near Lake ...