A ski patroller at Palisades Tahoe was injured on Thursday morning after a major storm delivered more than 2 feet of fresh snow in 24 hours.

A member of the Palisades Tahoe ski resort was injured while on their way to perform avalanche mitigation work. The resort said the person sustained a leg injury around 8 a.m. and was taken for “further medical care.

After a storm brought more than 2 feet of new snow to Palisades Tahoe, a ski patroller was injured Thursday morning doing avalanche control work.

A powerful storm system dumped 2 feet of snow to the Sierra mountains over the course of a few hours overnight, the National Weather Service said Thursday. And weather conditions were conspiring to bring even more snow to the Tahoe region: While snow was expected to taper off on Thursday,