I think Sonny Bono died at Alpine Meadows..maybe Squaw though?
I think in 1982 (I don't really remember the date), a HUGE snowstorm hit the Tahoe region bringing some of the heaviest snowfall ever witnessed in the last century in Tahoe. I think it ended up snowing over 20 feet in a week or something..I don't remember details. Anyways..an avalanche ended up happening and killing a bunch of people. It totally destroyed one lodge, while somewhat ruining another. The lodge that got destroyed was COMPLETELY burried. The Main Lodge was almost just as burried.
Funny part of the story..the avalanche took a thermometer with it from one of the lifts and jammed it into a tree. There is now a thermometer stuck in one of the trees at the base of Alpine about 20-30 feet up the tree...its sort of funny to see.
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