Tram Face Avalanche at Palisades

[dmcd]

Last night an avalanche at Palisades hit a condo building. Thankfully nobody caught, probably since it was a nuking blizzard after dark. Placer County sherriff posted:

Around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, an avalanche struck an occupied three-story apartment building in Olympic Valley. Fortunately, all occupants were uninjured and able to evacuate the building with help from fire crews. The avalanche was approximately 200 yards wide and 25 feet deep and engulfed the bottom two stories of the building.
Due to the heightened avalanche risk, several additional areas were evacuated:
Shirley Canyon Rd to Granite Chief Rd.
Granite Chief Rd.
Sandy Way from Wayne Rd. to Navajo Ct.
Summit Peak Rd.
Summer Pl.
Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue crews assisted with evacuation efforts yesterday evening and used their K-9s to search for additional potential victims; at this time there is no indication anyone else was caught in the path of the avalanche. An evacuation center has been opened at the Community Recreation Center on 10981 Truckee Way, in Truckee. PCSO and county partners will re-evaluate the avalanche risk this morning and will determine whether it is safe for residents to return.



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[homemadesalsa]

Reposting in a color that I can read on blue background...


Around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, an avalanche struck an occupied three-story apartment building in Olympic Valley. Fortunately, all occupants were uninjured and able to evacuate the building with help from fire crews. The avalanche was approximately 200 yards wide and 25 feet deep and engulfed the bottom two stories of the building.
Due to the heightened avalanche risk, several additional areas were evacuated:
Shirley Canyon Rd to Granite Chief Rd.
Granite Chief Rd.
Sandy Way from Wayne Rd. to Navajo Ct.
Summit Peak Rd.
Summer Pl.
Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue and Palisades Ski Patrol assisted with evacuation efforts yesterday evening and used their K-9s to search for additional potential victims; at this time there is no indication anyone else was caught in the path of the avalanche. A temporary evacuation center has been opened at the Community Recreation Center on 10981 Truckee Way, in Truckee. PCSO and county partners will re-evaluate the avalanche risk this morning and will determine whether it is safe for residents to return.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Holy shit!

[dmcd]

[JayPowHound]

Wow, what a crazy photo.

Not familiar with the area but assuming this was a unique event if there is a whole apt comex that was hit this big.

Any outdoor photos in the daylight that show the damage?

[TahoeJ]

So... Tram face lurks right above the village and is 50+ degrees steep on average so it usually just sheds with "minimal" control work. But it's been snowing here... a lot. Definitely a unique event.

This is about a week ago...