A webcam at the summit of Wildcat Mountain caught the avalanche on film, as well as a snowboarder who escaped the slide. The footage, shared on social media by observatory officials, showed the snowboarder dropping into the bowl with the snow fast on their heels just before 1:30 p.m. local time.

A ski patroller at Palisades Tahoe was injured on Thursday morning after a major storm delivered more than 2 feet of fresh snow in 24 hours. The patroller was en route to do avalanche control work at approximately 8 a.