Crews hope to resume efforts Friday to recover the bodies of eight people killed and one still missing in an avalanche in California’s Sierra Nevada after days of dangerous weather that hampered safe access to the area.

An avalanche watch was issued by the Sierra Avalanche Center on Sunday, two days before skiers were killed in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe, California.

After six skiers were rescued from the “horrific” aftermath of an avalanche near California’s Lake Tahoe, the family members of nine remaining skiers received crushing news. The bodies of eight had been left on the icy mountainside,