Two more skiers die in Lake Tahoe area, bringing death toll in region this year to at least 15

Two skies died this past weekend in the country's Lake Tahoe area, bringing the death toll in the region so far this year to at least 15. 

The most recent deaths occurred Friday and are being reported as unrelated “fatal ski incidents” at Heavenly resort’s Boulder Lodge, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. 

The deaths, reported Sunday by The Los Angeles Times, follow nine people dying in a Feb. 17 avalanche near Castle Peak, along with other fatalities at ski resorts such as Heavenly, a mountain in California's side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

“Life-saving measures were attempted by Ski Patrol and Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District paramedics,” the Sheriff’s Office reported in a release. “Both individuals were pronounced deceased at the scene.”

A resort spokesperson told South Tahoe Now that one incident involved the death of a 33-year-old man skiing on an intermediate trail and another was a medical emergency involving a 58-year-old man.