Survivor of deadly California avalanche: 'I felt every type of fear possible'

Hannah Sugerman and her partner Cal Wishart spoke to ABC News after surviving a deadly avalanche at a California resort on Wednesday.

Hannah Sugerman was with her brother and her partner, enjoying a day on the slopes at Palisades Tahoe resort near Lake Tahoe, California, on Wednesday, when they found themselves caught in a deadly avalanche.

"When I got lifted and started being carried down the hill by an avalanche, initially, I thought someone was crashing into the back of me, because I just felt, like, my whole lower body just get lifted and moved," Sugerman told ABC News. "And then as I looked around, I just realized I couldn't even see still snow -- I was just in the midst of an avalanche."

"I couldn't believe it," she said. "Once I was picked up and moving down the hill, I realized that it was quite a wide avalanche. Like, not just like a little snow."

Sugerman's partner, Cal Wishart, said he heard her scream -- she was buried up to her neck. Wishart was able to free her arms and good Samaritans helped dig her out.