Skier reported missing at Heavenly

El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department search and rescue crews were searching for a missing skier at Heavenly Mountain Resort on New Year’s Eve.

Sheriff’s officials and ski resort officials did not return calls late Friday. With El Dorado County being the lead agency, with assistance from Douglas County, it means the incident is on the California side of the bi-state resort.

More details will be forthcoming when they are available.

What could hamper rescue operations is the storm that is moving into the Lake Tahoe Basin.

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a winter weather advisory for the Lake Tahoe Basin from 1-10am New Year’s Day. Expect 3-5 inches at lake level, with 4-8 inches above 7,000 feet.

The heaviest amount is expected to come down between 2-7am.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report