EL DORADO COUNTY — A South Lake Tahoe skier was found dead in an avalanche near Luther Pass, officials said Tuesday. The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said its dispatch center received a call late Monday afternoon regarding a missing backcountry skier near Powderhouse Peak. The skier's vehicle was located in a parking area.

An avalanche in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains has killed two backcountry skiers, authorities said Tuesday. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that its search-and-rescue unit recovered two bodies west of Bend in Happy Valley, near Broken Top peak.

The avalanche occurred on Monday near a snowmobile trail in Happy Valley, west of the city of Bend, officials said.