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加利福尼亚州特鲁基 — 据当地警长办公室官员披露的令人痛心的最新细节，本周早些时候，在加利福尼亚州北部太浩湖附近，一群野外滑雪者遭遇雪崩，幸存者试图掩埋他们的朋友。
这场雪崩是加州历史上最致命的一次，至少造成8人死亡。官员称，另有一名滑雪者失踪，但据推测已死亡。救援人员正在等待天气转晴后继续搜救。
内华达县副警长山姆·布朗周四告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，雪崩发生时，滑雪者“进入了我认为是疯狂的状态，试图寻找他们的朋友和同伴。最终他们成功掩埋了三名未能幸存的人。”
布朗描述了博雷尔山滑雪场以北卡斯尔峰附近的混乱场景，当时有8英尺厚的积雪和90英里/小时的大风，15名结束了为期三天的有向导野外旅行的滑雪者突然遭遇了雪崩。
“挖出他们认识且可能关心的死者，这太可怕了，”布朗说。
2026年2月17日，北加州博雷尔山滑雪场附近，雪崩发生后搜救队展开行动。内华达县警长办公室
15名滑雪者中有6人幸存并被救出。已有8名滑雪者的尸体被发现，但由于截至周四天气状况仍然恶劣，他们尚未被运出。
布朗解释说，最初的救援工作异常复杂，因为当局需要备用搜救队来应对救援人员自身可能面临的雪崩风险。
“我们从两个方向派出了两支队伍，”布朗说。“我们需要一支救援队伍来支援这些救援队伍，以防再次发生雪崩。”
自周二以来，一支由5名救援人员组成的精简团队一直在山上，努力开辟一条通路以便更多救援人员进入，但他们一直受到该地区肆虐风暴的阻碍。
“我们在等待天气好转和雪崩风险降低，”布朗说。
当局正在调查为何该团体在2月15日（雪崩发生前两天）该地区发布雪崩预警后仍继续行程。周二还发布了雪崩警告。
黑鸟山地向导公司在周三的声明中表示，该团体包括4名来自黑鸟山地向导公司的向导和11名客户。该公司称，其所有向导均为雪崩安全教练。在6名幸存者中，有1名是向导，5名是客户。
布朗解释说，即使经验丰富也有局限性。
“即使你装备精良且有能力，这并不意味着你能战胜大自然，”布朗说。
6名遇难者的家属周四发布联合声明，确认他们是卡丽·阿特金、莉兹·克拉博、丹妮尔·基特利、凯特·莫尔斯、卡罗琳·塞卡和凯特·维特。
维特是湾区前SiriusXM高管，其家人朋友也向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻证实了这一点。
“这是一场可怕的悲剧，”这位不愿透露姓名的朋友说（为尊重家属隐私）。“她在80号州际公路附近的糖碗滑雪场附近的山上遇难。她和朋友们参加了一次有向导的夜间野外滑雪旅行。”
糖碗学院在周三的声明中称，几名遇难者是该校成员，该校是一所针对5至23岁人群的私立学校，也是滑雪和单板滑雪俱乐部。
California avalanche survivors tried to unbury their friends, official says
Updated on: February 19, 2026 / 10:50 PM EST / CBS News
Truckee, California — Survivors tried to unbury their friends when an avalanche struck a group of backcountry skiers near Lake Tahoe in Northern California earlier this week, according to new harrowing details from a local sheriff’s official.
The avalanche, the deadliest in California history, killed at least eight people. A ninth skier is still missing but is presumed dead, officials have said. Rescuers are waiting for the weather to clear before continuing their search.
Nevada County Undersheriff Sam Brown told CBS News on Thursday that when the avalanche hit, the skiers “went into, I think, frantic mode of trying to find their friends and partners. And they were ultimately able to unbury three individuals who did not survive.”
Brown described a chaotic scene near Castle Peak, north of the Boreal Mountain Ski Resort, with eight feet of snow and 90 mph winds catching by surprise the 15 skiers who were returning from a three-day guided backcountry trip.
“Uncovering people who are deceased, that they know and probably cared about, is just horrible,” Brown said.
Search and rescue teams near the Boreal Mountain Ski Resort in Northern California on Feb. 17, 2026, following an avalanche. Nevada County Sheriff’s Office
Six of the 15 skiers survived and were rescued. The bodies of eight skiers have been found, but because weather conditions were still so bad as of Thursday, they have not yet been recovered.
Brown explained Thursday that the initial rescue was remarkably complex because authorities needed standby search and rescue crews for the rescuers themselves.
“We sent two teams in from two directions,” Brown said. “We needed a rescue team for those teams, in the event that an avalanche was triggered.”
A skeleton crew of five rescuers has remained on the mountain since Tuesday, working to carve out a path for additional rescuers, but they have been hampered by the storms blasting the region.
“We’re waiting for the weather and for the avalanche risk,” Brown said.
Authorities are trying to determine why the group continued on its trip even though an avalanche watch was issued for the region on Feb. 15, two days before the avalanche occurred. An avalanche warning was issued on Tuesday.
The group included four guides from Blackbird Mountain Guides and 11 clients, Blackbird said in a statement Wednesday. Blackbird said all of its guides were avalanche safety instructors. Blackbird said that of the six survivors, one was a guide and five were clients.
Brown explained that even experience has its limits.
“Even if you are equipped and have the ability, that doesn’t mean you’re gonna be able to outstand Mother Nature,” Brown said.
The families of six of the victims released a joint statement Thursday identifying them as Carrie Atkin, Liz Clabaugh, Danielle Keatley, Kate Morse, Caroline Sekar and Kate Vitt.
Vitt, a former SiriusXM executive from the Bay Area, was also identified to CBS News by a family friend.
“It’s a horrible tragedy,” said the friend, who has known the family for 50 years. “She died up in the mountains off of I-80 up there near Sugar Bowl. She and her friends were on a guided overnight backcountry skiing trip.” They asked not to be named out of respect for the family.
Several of those killed were members of the Sugar Bowl Academy, a private school and ski and snowboarding club for those ages 5 to 23, the Academy said in a statement Wednesday.