Police ask people to "use extreme caution" and be aware of weather conditions before recreating outside after separate tragedies claim 3 skiers.

Mammoth Mountain shut down all lift operations on Friday, Feb. 14, after an avalanche on Lincoln Mountain. Two ski patrol workers were caught in the slide.

In Oregon's Cascade Mountains, an avalanche killed two backcountry skiers, while another was killed in an avalanche near South Lake Tahoe, authorities said.

A growing number of skiers, weary of high prices and long lift lines at crowded resorts, are turning to the solitude of backcountry slopes. But the avalanche dangers are real, and skiers should go in prepared.

A father of two was killed by an avalanche while skiing in Lake Tahoe’s mountainous  backcountry on Monday, the sheriff’s office said. El Dorado County emergency

Three skiers have died following two separate avalanches in Oregon and California, according to local authorities