‘Huge loss’: Mill Valley mayor says some in avalanche are from Marin

Multiple victims in the Sierra Nevada avalanche had ties to the Sugar Bowl Academy, a private, ski-focused school located several miles from where at least eight people died, the program said Wednesday night.

Officials with the school in Norden said they were not releasing the names or details of the people who went on the three-day expedition. Their ages ranged from the 30s to 50s.

“We are an incredibly close and connected community,” Stephen McMahon, executive director of the Sugar Bowl Academy, said in a statement.