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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who has a vacation house in Truckee. Overall, it remains to be seen why they decided to go ahead with the trip at all, but the weather was excellent on Sunday when they left. The storm was predicted to get very bad later in the day on Monday and remain heavy through Tuesday. As it turned out, it didn't snow as much as expected Monday night, and Tuesday morning conditions were not that terrible (they got worse later). I could imagine a scenario where they thought it could be worth the risk to go out on Tuesday morning, given that the storm was going to continue through Wednesday.

Avy danger in conditions like we've had is extreme, though, because you layers of unstable snow with fresh snow on top. The risk can last well beyond the storm. I've read on some local subreddits that they were taking a route back that they thought was supposed to be low/no avalanche risk and might have gotten lost...but no one has said where that idea came from.

This is a huge loss for the local community. And I also keep thinking that, depending on who was in that group, there are a lot of Olympians from Truckee (something like 8 this year have ties to Truckee). It is highly likely they know someone involved in this accident.[/quote]

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