Avalanche at Lake Tahoe Resort Kills 1 Skier, Injures 1

A snowboarder drops into a canyon at Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Feb. 15, 2012. Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP

TAHOE CITY, Calif.—A man killed in an avalanche at a Lake Tahoe ski resort on Friday was remembered as an avid skier familiar with the picturesque mountains along the northern California and Nevada border.

Cole Comstock, 34, of Blairsden, California, was caught in the avalanche that seriously injured another skier on some of the steepest terrain at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, where a series of expert runs snake through trees, past cliffs and down narrow chutes. The avalanche occurred the morning after a storm dumped 11 to 22 inches of snow.