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Avalanche at Squaw Valley Ski Resort

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is at the scene of an avalanche at Squaw Valley Ski Resort.

“All parties believed to be accounted for,” a sheriff’s tweet said Friday afternoon.

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Squaw Valley announced it had to close for the day due to increased avalanche hazard.

{“url”:”https://twitter.com/squawalpineops/status/969694556689129472″,”author_name”:”Squaw Alpine Mtn Ops”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/squawalpineops”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Squaw Valley is now closed for the day due to increased avalanche hazard. &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/squawlifts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#squawlifts&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Squaw Alpine Mtn Ops (@squawalpineops) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/squawalpineops/status/969694556689129472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;March 2, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

{“url”:”https://twitter.com/squawalpineops/status/969712917791690752″,”author_name”:”Squaw Alpine Mtn Ops”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/squawalpineops”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;An inbounds avalanche occurred at Squaw Valley this afternoon. Our teams are actively responding to the situation and we will follow up with additional information as soon as possible.&#lt;/p&#gt;– Squaw Alpine Mtn Ops (@squawalpineops) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/squawalpineops/status/969712917791690752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;March 2, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

Earlier, a missing snowboarder was found dead at the Ski Resort.

{“url”:”https://twitter.com/PlacerSheriff/status/969712246807961600″,”author_name”:”Placer Sheriff”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/PlacerSheriff”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Deputies on scene of avalanche at Squaw Valley, all involved believed accounted for. Working on confirmation.&#lt;/p&#gt;– Placer Sheriff (@PlacerSheriff) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/PlacerSheriff/status/969712246807961600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;March 2, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

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