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Fresno County Superior Court Judge Robert Whalen Jr. said in his ruling that the State Water Resources Control Board’s order went “beyond the limits of its delegated authority.”

In late February 2023, a major blizzard dumped several feet of fresh powder across Northern California’s mountains — dream conditions for many experienced snowboarders like Wesley Whalen.

Whalen, 46, suffocated to death underneath the deep snow at Heavenly Mountain Resort in Tahoe on March 1, 2023.

In a recent lawsuit, Chanel Whalen claims that Heavenly made the extreme conditions even more dangerous and failed to warn visitors or increase safety patrols, causing her husband’s death, which the complaint called an “unnecessary and preventable tragedy.”

On the day he died, Whalen — who was described in the complaint as a “skilled and experienced snowboarder” and active in the U.S.