FILE: A photo of Heavenly Mountain resort at Lake Tahoe, Calif., with a view toward the top of the slope and the Gunbarrel Express and Aerial Tramway ski lifts. 

Two people died in separate incidents at Heavenly Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe on Friday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

The two fatalities, which occurred at Boulder Lodge on the Nevada side of the resort about noon Friday, are unrelated, and there is no apparent connection between the individuals, the Sheriff’s Office said.

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In the first incident, a spokesperson for Heavenly told South Tahoe Now that members of its ski patrol responded to a report of a 33-year-old man involved in a skiing accident on the intermediate Orion trail. 

In the second incident, the ski patrol responded to a “serious medical event” on the Tamarack Return trail involving a 58-year-old man, CBS News said.

Both men, who have not yet been identified, were declared dead. They are the fourth and fifth fatalities at Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe since Feb. 6.

On Wednesday, Colin Kang of Fremont, a skier who went missing at Northstar California Resort, was found dead. On Feb. 6, Nicholas Kenworthy of Los Angeles died after attempting the Martis Trail. And on Feb. 15, 53-year-old Stuart McLaughlin from Hillsborough died in a collision accident on the Polaris Trail. 

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On Tuesday, eight skiers were also killed in an avalanche in the Castle Park area of Tahoe. One skier remains missing. It is the deadliest avalanche in modern California history.

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