A skier and South Lake Tahoe native was killed by an avalanche within the backcountry on Monday, February 17, 2025, in line with native information experiences.Round 4:00 p.m. Monday, El Dorado County Central Dispatch obtained experiences of an overdue backcountry skier within the Powderhouse Peak space south of Lake Tahoe close to Luther Cross, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a press release shared on social media.The sufferer’s automobile was present in a parking space. Afterward, his associates discovered his physique in an avalanche space, the Sheriff’s Workplace stated. The retrieval of the deceased was postponed till Tuesday morning attributable to hazardous snow situations and started at 6:00 a.m., the Sheriff’s Workplace stated. Rescuers used explosives to mitigate avalanche hazard within the space and, by round 5:00 p.m., recovered the skier’s physique utilizing a helicopter.The incident marks at the very least the eleventh avalanche-related fatality in the US this winter season.CBS Information experiences that, in line with an official with the Sierra Avalanche Middle (SAC), avalanche forecasters had been on the scene of the avalanche on Tuesday. A report on the incident is predicted to be launched Wednesday.Following the deadly avalanche, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Workplace Coroner Division recognized the deceased skier as 46-year-old Frederic Dross. Dross was a husband and father of two ladies, in line with a GoFundMe web page aimed toward elevating cash for his household.“He was one of the crucial beneficiant, optimistic, and energetic folks I knew, he’s cherished and might be very missed,” the GoFundMe web page reads. “Please be a part of me in supporting his spouse and a couple of daughters by contributing to this fund.”As of Wednesday afternoon, the GoFundMe web page had raised practically $60,000.
Photograph: GoFundMe/Assist Frederic Dross' Household
The SAC, in a social media put up on Wednesday, stated that the slide that killed Dross was a persistent slab avalanche that launched at roughly 8,800 ft on a north-to-northeast side.The avalanche hazard within the Lake Tahoe space is forecasted as “average” in the present day, however the SAC wrote that beneath the snow from final week’s storm is a “layer of weaker faceted snow, buried floor hoar, and/or a side/crust mixture.”“Whereas this layer is turning into cussed and tougher to set off, giant to very giant persistent slab avalanches with extreme penalties stay potential,” the SAC added within the latest social media put up.Our ideas and condolences are with Doss’ household and associates throughout this making an attempt time.
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