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Even if you weren’t in Tahoe in 1982, the story of the Alpine Meadows avalanche is local folklore, deeply embedded in the community. When Jared Drake and his wife, Julia, moved from Los Angeles ...
“Buried: the 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche” is a 90-minute documentary that examines the hours and decisions that led up to the historic event, which killed seven people at the popular ski resort.
A new documentary looking back at the 1982 Alpine Meadows avalanche that killed seven people is showing Thursday night in Sparks and Carson City. An early screening of "BURIED" will show at 7 p.m ...
Anna Allen survived the most deadly avalanche in U.S. ski history, fighting through frostbite and severe dehydration during the five days she was buried beneath heavy snow and debris at Alpine ...
The words he still remembers – “major avalanche at Alpine Meadows” – crackled over his radio. The spring storms of 1982 produced some of the most extreme avalanche conditions anyone can ...
Jim Plehn was the avalanche forecaster at Alpine Meadows ski resort in 1982 when the deadliest snowslide in U.S. history claimed seven victims, a tragedy for which he still feels partially ...
1982 Alpine Meadows avalanche documentary filmmaker talks about tragedy at Palisades Tahoe 02:20. Tahoe is no stranger to deadly avalanches. In March of 1982, tons of snow came crashing down the ...
The Alpine Meadows avalanche was documented by filmmakers Jared Drake and Steven Siig. The two, who are locals, produced, wrote, and directed the documentary "Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows ...
ALPINE MEADOWS, Calif. — Anyone connected with the Alpine Meadows community in the Sierra knows about the infamous avalanche that struck nearly 40 years ago and killed seven people, but many ...
Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche is a documentary that covers one of the deadliest avalanches in North American history.. The film debuted in 2022 to live audiences and has been available to ...
ALPINE MEADOWS, Calif. — March 1982 was an epic month for snow in the Sierra. More than 15 feet of it piled up in one week near Donner Summit — that was on top of a base that was already 90 ...
One skier died and one was seriously injured in an avalanche at the Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in Placer County Friday morning. The cause of the avalanche is still under investigation.