NewsCalifornia News

Actions

Ski resort employee dies after being injured on trail

Posted
and last updated

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — An employee of a ski resort on the California-Nevada border has died after what the resort called a “serious incident" on a trail.

Christopher John Nicholson, 36, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif. was killed on Saturday, KOLO-TV reported.

He was injured on the expert trail in Mott Canyon on the Nevada side of the Heavenly Mountain resort and was pronounced dead at a hospital in Carson City, Nevada.

Details of the incident were not immediately released.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the medical examiner's office in Washoe County were investigating.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Thursday

11/13/2025

Mostly Sunny

84° / 61°

2%

Friday

11/14/2025

Showers

64° / 56°

51%

Saturday

11/15/2025

Rain

58° / 55°

93%

Sunday

11/16/2025

AM Rain

62° / 54°

61%

Monday

11/17/2025

Showers

61° / 47°

63%

Tuesday

11/18/2025

Partly Cloudy

58° / 46°

24%

Wednesday

11/19/2025

Partly Cloudy

61° / 47°

16%

Thursday

11/20/2025

PM Showers

60° / 46°

54%