The backcountry trip near Lake Tahoe where eight skiers were killed after an avalanche was led by a tour outfit that promises global mountain adventures including skiing and rock climbing in the ...

Blackbird Mountain Guides, which has locations around the world, also taught mountain safety classes. By Christina Morales The company that guided a group of backcountry skiers in what became a deadly ...

Nine skiers were killed in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California on a trip to Frog Lake Huts with Blackbird Mountain Guides near Castle Peak ...

A three-day backcountry trip led by Blackbird Mountain Guides turned deadly Tuesday when an avalanche struck near Lake Tahoe.

The recent avalanche, which left eight skiers dead and one still missing near Lake Tahoe, is also the second deadliest for the entire U.S. since 1950. The deadliest avalanche for the U.S. occurred in ...

A snowmobiler out with four friends was killed in an avalanche on Jan. 6 in the same region as Tuesday's event. Chris Scott Thomason of Bend, Oregon, died. The avalanche occurred in Johnson Valley on ...

The New York City Police Department rescued a stranded Bald Eagle in distress on the Hudson River.

A final missing skier was also presumed dead, the authorities said. Six survivors were rescued. The avalanche is the deadliest in modern California history.

This town of roughly 15,000 people operates on a completely different economic wavelength than the rest of the Golden State. The median rent hovers comfortably under $850, which in California terms is ...