"A group of mothers of students at Sugar Bowl Academy, a boarding school for competitive skiers, was part of the three-day back-country skiing expedition that ended in tragedy on Tuesday. We still don't have any victims' names from the deadly avalanche near Castle Peak Tuesday, but those may arrive soon, and clues about their identities have been trickling out."
"Of the six survivors, we now know one was a male guide with Blackbird Mountain Guides, and the other five, one man and four women, were clients on the trip. Three of the ski guides and six other clients are among the dead, and one body remains missing. The deceased are reportedly seven women and two men."
"Separately, at a Wednesday press conference, Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo revealed that one of the deceased was the spouse of a member of the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team, as KTVU reports. Woo clarified that the rescue team member was not involved in the avalanche rescue effort on Tuesday. "As you can understand, this [has] not only been challenging for our community it's been a challenging rescue, but it's also been challenging emotionally for our team and our organization," Sheriff Woo said, per KTVU."
A three-day backcountry skiing expedition near Castle Peak ended in a deadly avalanche that killed multiple ski guides and clients. Of six survivors, one was a male guide with Blackbird Mountain Guides and five were clients (one man, four women). Three ski guides and six clients died, and one body remains missing. The deceased are reportedly seven women and two men. A group of mothers of Sugar Bowl Academy students participated in the trip, and at least one Mill Valley mother died. Multiple members and people with strong connections to Sugar Bowl, Donner Summit, and the backcountry community died. One deceased was married to a Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue team member; that member did not participate in the rescue effort.
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