# Lake Tahoe guide company implicated in deadly avalanche shuts down

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/lake-tahoe-guide-company-implicated-in-deadly-avalanche-shuts-down/
- Published: 2026-11-11T20:58:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T21:21:57+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/us-news/blackbird-mountain-guides-shuts-down-after-deadly-avalanche/
- Topics: Business, Companies, Software, Technology, World

## Key points

- Blackbird Mountain Guides has stopped operating.
- Nine skiers died in the February avalanche.
- The company appealed Cal/OSHA citations exceeding $150,000.

## Summary

Blackbird Mountain Guides, the company involved in a February avalanche that killed nine skiers in California’s Sierra Nevada, has shut down. Its website says it is no longer operating and remembers those who died; the closure follows scrutiny of the company’s role in the ill-fated trip.

Cal/OSHA fined the company more than $150,000 in August, alleging it failed to assess avalanche danger before leading the excursion near Castle Peak, despite warnings to stay out of the backcountry. Blackbird appealed, saying it complied with regulations and established safety frameworks, and arguing that mountain conditions change rapidly. All nine victims, including three of the company’s guides, were buried under five to six feet of snow and suffocated, authorities said.

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