Dramatic Ski Rescue: Skier Saved from Snow Burial in Lake Tahoe

Schmidt and his skiing companion had just completed a run when one of them sensed something amiss nearby.

“Hey, are they okay?” one skier called out to his friend, who was closer to the person buried in the snow.

The duo swiftly skied over to the trapped individual and began digging frantically to free him from the snow’s grasp.

The man who’s buried doesn’t move an inch as the two skiers continue moving mounds and mounds of powder of the affected skier. 

At one point, a muffled sound can be overheard.

“We got you,” one of the skiers said after getting to the buried skier who asked the man if he was okay.

The skier assured them he was and the two skiers continued to dig the person out and rescue them.

“Just want it to be a reminder to ski safe and ski with a buddy,” Schmidt said in the post on social media. “Doesn’t have to be an avalanche or a tree well to get buried when it’s that deep.”

It is unclear what happened that led to the skier being buried. Calls to the Palisades Tahoe Resort were not returned immediately to The Post.

The scary moment at the resort came just one day after tragedy struck in the region near Castle Peak on when a massive avalanche killed 9 backcountry skiers.