A picture is emerging of one of the worst avalanche disasters in US history, and the women among a tight-knit group of friends who died<\/p>\n
The ringing of a phone echoed through the Nevada county, California, sheriff\u2019s office just before noon on 17 February.<\/p>\n
The 911 call brought devastating news: an avalanche had occurred on nearby Castle Peak \u2013 a 9,110ft (2,780-meter) mountain north of the Donner summit in the Lake Tahoe area. A group of backcountry skiers had been on the mountainside, returning home from a three-day expedition, during a heavy winter storm. While six had survived, more than half their group was missing.<\/p>\n
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