Horrifying video shows snow engulfed huts where skiers stayed before deadly avalanche

Horrifying new footage shows the lodges where a group of skiers were staying before they were struck by a huge avalanche.The apocalyptical video, taken from a news helicopter, sees layers of snow completely engulfing Frog Lake huts on Castle Peak, near Truckee, on Friday afternoon.Eight people were killed in the slide on Tuesday when the group tried to escape the massive winter storm.Another is still missing and presumed dead.Footage obtained by KCRA showed the huts coated in snow covering their roofs and as high as first floor windows.The clip also shows what is understood to be rescuers’ snowmobiles and snowcats parked outside the buildings as they worked to recover the bodies.They appeared to have made tracks through the drift since arriving on Wednesday night, with some rescuers staying in the lodges during the operation.The lodges were a short distance away from where the avalanche struck as the skiers tried to make their way back to their vehicles during the storm.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Rescuers have been weighing the idea of setting off explosives to trigger additional avalanches on the mountain amid the search mission.In order to make conditions safer for rescuers, officials will now take to the air to decide whether or not they can manually trigger avalanches with explosives.The sheriff’s office said: “The objective of the aerial surveys is to visually assess the conditions of the avalanche scene and snowpack as well as to make determinations if controlled avalanche mitigation may be possible at some point.

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