A tour guide company that organized the trip for a large group of backcountry skiers who went missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe has broken its silence.
Fifteen people are believed to have been hit by the terrifying slide on Tuesday morning as snow battered the region. Six were known to have survived, while nine remain unaccounted for.
Mountain rescue launched a huge operation to find them on skis and snowcats, but has been struggling against horrific conditions that saw the entire region cut off.
WTF?
🚨 Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy 🇮🇹
This video is truly shocking
Not so much because of the avalanche, but because of the complete lack of survival instinct shown by the people
Chilling pic.twitter.com/ysHTbhDyjb
— Mambo Italiano (@mamboitaliano__) February 17, 2026
