Police ask people to "use extreme caution" and be aware of weather conditions before recreating outside after separate tragedies claim 3 skiers.

A father of two was killed by an avalanche while skiing in Lake Tahoe’s mountainous  backcountry on Monday, the sheriff’s office said. El Dorado County emergency

The SAC, in a social media post on Wednesday, said that the slide that killed Dross was a persistent slab avalanche that released at roughly 8,800 feet on a north-to-northeast aspect. The avalanche danger in the Lake Tahoe area is forecasted as “moderate” today,