California Avalanche: Deadly avalanche at Palisades Tahoe, explaining how they happen 

Dude gave the best explanation of avalanches I've ever heard! This was our first Christmas without snow since < 2007 in the Rocky Mountains. Then all of a sudden lots of snow.

Avalanches are basically like thousands of lbs of wet cement moving like a flood of water and settles into cement the second it stops moving. So scary.

If you're buried in an avalanche get your hands against your face and the moment you're not moving frantically try to force as big an air pocket as you can in front of your face to prevent suffocation depending on snow's wetness.

Ironically, "Palisades Tahoe changed its name from Squaw Valley in 2021, a year after the famed resort announced it would jettison its old name. Palisades is a sister resort of Alpine, formerly known as Alpine Meadows, which had one of the worst avalanches in California history in 1982, where seven people were killed."

Thanks for the general conditions report as well; so helpful for others who ski this season. So sorry for those affected by the avalanche.

What a great explanation of what may have happened and why! Appreciate the detail!

When i worked at kirkwood as a young man we had avalanche crews causing avalanches on purpose everyday with explosives.

Awesome explanation from the weather guy. I am a backcountry skier who skins up and skies down. A shovel and a probe are standard equipment in my backpack. Even when I go to the ski resort with my kids, I carry a smaller pack with a shovel and probes (and a flask of coffee and other stuff). That's just me. I feel naked without those emergency items.

One of the best times to ski is on fresh, cold powder because it contains the most air. An avalanche removed that air and makes snow incredibly dense. So sad this happened. Palisades always does the best possible job keeping people safe on its challenging terrain. We take so much for granted. Thoughts to this boarders family. So sad. Rob is one of the best meteorologists out there.

one of my friends is 82 he was telling me a few days ago about many moons ago he and his friends went up to the top of one of those ski resorts over there, then skied down the other side of the mountain. they said it was very dangerous and went on for miles beat up their hips and knees. finally found a farmhouse and it was like 30 miles drive to get them, around the mountains, even though they were 6 or 7 miles away.

New snow and wind - lots of melting beware- great explanation❤

Makes me happy I'm not rich

Great reporting by the reporter "great job".😊 👍

So… any reason they failed to recognize the hazard and remedy it before letting people on the snow? Sheesh, an avalanche *at* the resort. Just because you run a business based on snow, you arn’t immune to snow related trouble.

Don't they monitor for that and Preemptively cause slides or close the area??

The last reporter did a pretty good job describing the overall conditions and the persistent weak layer.

Very sad. What a terrible newscast though. "The bachelor party... he'll never forget". 😕

May they rest in PEACE... 😔🙏📿🕊

It's kind of an unwritten rule and very few would violate it. This type of accident happens, you help. A ski becomes an instant shovel, as does a snow board. If you can remove the 'basket' from a ski pole, that becomes an instant probe. You just don't leave anyone. It is similar with hiking/backpacking. In 2001, I was hit by a rockfall. Wrong place, wrong time. While not severely injured, cuts, bruises, an ankle sprain..... People got to me pretty quickly. Someone took up my pack, others got the cuts wrapped up, the ankle bound as best as possible. And this was before everyone carried trek poles and someone found a branch shaped pretty well for a crutch. As we started down, each really difficult spot had people lining it to give me a hand down. It worked well. I think of it as 'payback' for all the times I helped others, but it isn't 'payback', it's just the way it is. Same here. Not really 'good Samaritans', it's just doing as everyone will always do. Even if someone was doing something they should not have been doing, they still get helped. In this case, no one was doing anything wrong. And people feel really good about themselves when they help. And ANY help is good help. I was a volunteer at the Oso landslide in WA state. Some folks ask me what I did. A few are idiots and think what I did there was not important. Most people just nod their heads and say "Gee, that was really great of you to do that." And all I did for four days was help dig drainage ditches. "All" I did? Yeah, right. And I feel good about myself.... So do these people who helped dig, even those that just stood beside the holes and cleared the snow back as other people dug down. That was VERY important that someone do that.... It's a team.

3:15 great explanation by Rob 👏

Is this Billy's son? We will each have our day, ... best to pass doing something you cherish. Condolences to his family and friends. ❤

Definitely not on my 2024 bingo card.

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More than 4... I saw the report of the one who died plus two other Americans, as well as two Australian siblings were buried in this and had to be dug out. Lucky for the sister as she managed to keep her head on the surface, her brother was not so lucky and took a bit of searching...

That's so scary. 😢

Geeze! That's horrible

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Squaw is such a great mountain.

Nothing more braindead than local news comments section

Sad too see.All the best too everyone in Tahoe.Rest in Peace Kenneth ✝️All Gods angels are in Heaven ✝️ God bless everyone all your days ✝️🕊️🇺🇸

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An avalanche on a snowy mountain.. no way

Look 24 to 30 people die annually from avalanches in the US- but not a huge story considering sometimes literally 200 to 300 people die in car crashes in Tahoe most years and mostly alcohol related.

That was probably very scary😢

Humans need to understand that nature is nature.

I feel like they didnt do a good check. The places i have snowboarded and worked it they sent of a small explosion to test if it safe. Daily. I feel like they didnt

Danger is everywhere in the slopes. Be careful out there.

I find it strange that experts herald warnings 24hrs AFTER emergencies! If they have all this knowledge it would seem more intelligent to practice avoiding the problem!

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A worst fear story....😮😮😮😮😮😢

SQUAW VALLEY...!!!

Did she really say, how did this avalanche even happen. The experts will tell us,

Greedy owners not doing AC properly

IVE BEEN THERE , VERY, VERY , VERRY BADLY MANAGED, TOO FEW EMPLOYEESS FOR THE AMOUNT OF CUSTOMERS.....GREEDY OWNERS DAHHH EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD ? THEY MEAN FRIENDS OF MANAGEMENT AND OWNERS

I thought they tested for these things? Not once, but twice!

Isn't this the same place that had a much larger avalanche back in the 80s?

I have been in several avalanches! I had a bad feeling every time before the disaster took place! Saved a whole crew once in Alaska and still had to dig out one guy and several others fought for their life! We came back the next day and all our heavy equipment was at the bottom of the cliff, twisted metal! Hard to believe unless you see it! Trust your instincts, if I had not made a big deal out of the danger we would have all been buried!

Yes life is so fragile. Another common deadly action is simply driving down the with everyone apparently late like every day making lawyers extra rich. Slow down and be patient. Tragedy can and does happen every hour because of a holes

I used to live in Tahoe and skied at every resort in the area and had never heard of Palisades Tahoe. Then I watched the segment and the reference to KT22 and remembered that the area that hosted the 1960's Winter Olympics changed their name to placate liberals. It will always be Squaw Valley to me.

Does it only hsppen to wealthy families?

Should have never opened these slopes!!!

Final Destination

I liked the spokesperson characterizing this event as "unusual"... With an attitude like that, I question the resort's commitment to vigilance regarding avalanches ... Hedging safety preparedness with excuses is a bad look.

Palisades Tahoe will be liable for opening an inbound area that wasn't safe

If you are on a mountain covered in snow, you should expect to be killed by an avalanche.

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This is the risk you take when you participate in dangerous activities. You know who doesn’t get caught in avalanches? People with enough common sense not to go skiing. Mother Nature cannot be predicted 100%.

Close it Down.

Play stupid games .... anytime you put yourself in a place you don't need to be

Not one of these expert meteorologist weatherman was able to predict this avalanche which is why they're nothing but soothsayers

Oh no ! Are they going to ban avalanches now ? 😂😂😂

Seems like they would have ways to check this sort of thing before they open the slopes for the season. Like many area's in our society we are losing qualified officials and workers to affirmative action employee's. The door falling off a new airplane in flight recently is another example of how weak our Nation is becoming.

Don't trust the experts

It’s Squaw Valley….pretty sure.

Coroner reports it was not a deadly avalanche as this was a 66-year-old man in very poor health and he was about to go any day anyways everyone that was young was able to climb out of the snow what is a 66 year old man doing in that situation anyway needs to be investigated

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It will ALWAYS be called SQUAW VALLEY to me. Changed the name because PC wokies complained. 🙄