Were managers pushing too hard to open? Are young patrollers afraid to speak up? With two dead in deliberately triggered slides, questions are swirling.

I was shoving a delicious bite of a breakfast burrito down my throat when I heard a fellow skier ask a Mammoth Mountain employee what time the lifts open. I looked down at my phone to check the time.

Mammoth Mountain, California, confirmed on Sunday, December 28, 2025, that ski patroller Cole Murphy, 30, had passed away from injuries sustained in an avalanche. The avalanche occurred on Friday, ...

A ski patroller at Mammoth Mountain who was injured by an avalanche Friday morning died over the weekend. At 4 p.m. Sunday, Mammoth announced via its social media that Cole Murphy, 30, succumbed to ...

Mammoth is in the midst of one of its busiest weekends.  Skiers and snowboarders with time off often spend the Martin Luther ...

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, Calif.-Mammoth Mountain has confirmed that ski patroller Cole Murphy died on Dec. 28 after sustaining critical injuries while performing mitigation work when an avalanche occurred on ...

I was shoving a delicious bite of a breakfast burrito down my throat when I heard a fellow skier ask a Mammoth Mountain employee what time the lifts open. "Lifts open at 8:30," the friendly employee ...