Rescue workers recover a body on April 2, 1982, buried in the parking lot of the Alpine Meadows ski resort after an avalanche that killed seven people rolled through the area. “Wall of White” will adapt the story of the avalanche into a narrative feature.

After “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese is setting his sights on Tahoe. 

In 1982, a massive avalanche tore through Alpine Meadows ski resort, killing seven people. One woman, a 22-year-old ski lift operator, spent five days trapped in the snow before search teams rescued her.

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