A skier was swept about 150 feet in an avalanche on Mt. Olsen in the Virginia Lakes area of California's Eastern Sierra Mountains on Sunday, November 30, according to an update shared by the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center (ESAC) on December 2. The avalanche occurred at roughly 10,600 feet on a northeast-facing slope and broke 12 to 24 inches deep on a layer of weak, faceted snow.