Two who know a skier killed in an avalanche at a Lake Tahoe ski resort in 2020 have filed lawsuits accusing the resort of negligently rushing to open the slopes.

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A large avalanche with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water reaching the valley floor is pictured in Wiler after the Birch glacier collapsed above Blatten, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

An avalanche slammed into the Alpine Meadows ski area Friday, killing a 34-year-old skier and seriously injuring a second, authorities said.

Sierra avalanche forecasters predicted the possibility of a deadly avalanche in the hours before the slide that killed one and seriously injured another skier Friday at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort.

A large avalanche with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water reach the valley floor is pictured in Wiler after the Birch glacier collapsing above Blatten, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

One skier died and another suffered serious injuries in an avalanche Friday morning at Alpine Meadows ski resort near Lake Tahoe, officials said. Jodi Hernandez reports.

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One person was killed and another seriously injured Friday morning when an avalanche covered a Tahoe ski resort.

An avalanche at Alpine Meadows in March 1982 killed seven people, including several employees of the ski resort.

The widow and a friend of a skier killed in an avalanche at Alpine Meadow last year have filed separate lawsuits accusing the resort of negligently rushing to open the slopes in unsafe conditions.

In this Jan. 17, 2020, file photo, skiers leave the parking lot at Alpine Meadows ski resort in Alpine Meadows, Calif., where avalanche killed one skier and seriously injured another. The widow ...