Sierra Nevada resort's ski patrol member caught in avalanche dies at medical center
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A member of a Sierra Nevada ski resort's patrol team who was injured after being caught in an avalanche has died.
Alpine Meadows said in a statement on Tuesday that 53-year-old Bill Foster died at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., where he was taken after the avalanche a day earlier on the resort near Lake Tahoe.
Foster was buried in a slide that had been intentionally set with an explosive device by a senior member of the ski patrol team. The team was doing avalanche control in an area on the back side of resort. The area was closed to the public.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Resort officials say the avalanche broke much higher and wider on the slope than in past snow safety missions.
Foster was uncovered within eight minutes.