1 day ago · On March 1, 2023, snowboarder Wesley Whalen stopped to catch his breath atop a black diamond run at Tahoe’s Heavenly Mountain Resort. The powder was loose that day after a powerful snowstorm ...

1 day ago · Wesley Whalen, 46, was riding a black diamond run at the Lake Tahoe resort when he sank into deep snow and was buried alive. His wife, Chanel Whalen, filed the wrongful death lawsuit on January 24, 2025, calling her husband’s death “an unnecessary and preventable tragedy.” The suit alleges that despite record snowfall, Heavenly failed to ...

6 days ago · That was the same day that Wesley Whalen of New York arrived at Heavenly along with a group. According to the court document, Whalen snowboarded with a GoPro attached to his body and describes the ...

Mar 6, 2023 · Wesley Whalen passed away in an accident at Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe last Wednesday. The resort's officials claimed that the Heavenly Ski Patrol...

Feb 7, 2025 · Wesley Whalen is pictured with his wife, Chanel Whalen. Photo from Chanel Whalen. The widow of a snowboarder found “buried alive” at a California ski resort calls his death an “unnecessary and preventable tragedy,” according to a new lawsuit. Wesley Whalen, 46, died in 2023 after he took a break while on a black diamond trail at ...

Chanel Whalen is seeking damages from Vail Resorts Inc., the co-owner and operator of the resort. The lawsuit alleges her late husband, Wesley Whalen, was part of a group that went to Heavenly on ...

Chanel Whalen filed a lawsuit on January 24, 2025, according to The Sacremento Bee. Her husband Wesley Whalen died in 2023 after he slowly sank into the snowpack on a black diamond trail.

Feb 5, 2025 · In the March 2023 incident, 46-year-old Wesley Whalen, a deaf snowboarder from New York, was visiting Heavenly as part of a group affiliated with the U.S. Deaf Ski and Snowboard Association ...

Mar 3, 2023 · Wesley Whalen, a 46-year-old New York man, died after an incident at Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, resort officials said.

Feb 5, 2025 · Family of Wesley Whalen alleges resort negligence after he suffocated in deep snow on a Black Diamond run