Ski patroller caught in Mammoth Mountain avalanche has died
Murphy was doing avalanche mitigation with a team of ski patrollers on Lincoln Mountain — a dome peak within the Mammoth Mountain ski area — when an avalanche broke loose in an area known as the Avalanche (Avy) Chutes on Friday, Feb. 14. The accident occurred after approximately six feet of snow fell in 36 hours following a heavy Sierra snowstorm.
(Photo by Erika I. Ritchie, OC Register/SCNG) Ski patrollers from mountain resorts in California, Nevada, and Colorado are at ...
A ski patroller who was seriously injured after getting caught in an avalanche at Mammoth Mountain has died, authorities ...
A ski patroller died a week after an avalanche trapped her and another while doing mitigation work, the resort announced.
The latest death Saturday came in central Colorado when a skier triggered an avalanche. Among the others were three deaths on Feb. 17, including two backcountry skiers in Oregon.
A growing number of skiers, weary of high prices and long lift lines at crowded resorts, are turning to the solitude of ...
The victim was traveling on a terrain feature known as The Nose near Silverton, Colo., when the avalanche occurred on ...
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