Hiker Dies After 100-Foot Fall, Two Friends Rescued

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team, Tahoe Nordic crew, and members of the Truckee Fire Department headed out on Feb. 8 to rescue three hikers stranded on the slopes of Granite Chief. Placer County Sheriff's Office

A man who was climbing a California mountain at night with a pair of friends took a fatal fall on Wednesday, Feb. 7.

The three men, described by KCRA as being in their 20s and 30s, were rock climbing and hiking along the Granite Chief Trail, just west of the Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Ski Resort.