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 died a week after an avalanche trapped her and another while doing mitigation work, the resort announced.
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