Cole Murphy, 30, died after an avalanche swept Lincoln Mountain during mitigation work at Mammoth Risk eased after heavy Sierra snowfall

Lincoln Mountain, and the steep avalanche chutes on its northern face, has already been a flashpoint for risky work this season. A February incident on the same slope trapped two patrollers and left one of them fatally injured. The Los Angeles Times reviewed that earlier accident along with the resort’s public statements about what happened.

After spending two days in the hospital, his critical injuries ultimately lead to his death Sunday Dec.28, as confirmed by Mammoth Mountain.

Two Mammoth Mountain ski patrollers were caught in an avalanche while doing avalanche mitigation work on Friday, the resort said.

A winter storm warning is in effect in western WA, with heavy snow and high avalanche danger making travel over mountain passes hazardous.

It was the second time in a year that a pair of Mammoth patrollers were caught in an avalanche after doing 'mitigation work' designed to prevent deadly snow slides.

Two members of a ski patrol team were injured Friday in an avalanche at Mammoth Mountain. In a post on Instagram, the resort in the Sierra Nevada mountain range said Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol was conducting avalanche mitigation work at about 7:30 a.

Two ski patrollers were injured in an avalanche at Mammoth Mountain Friday morning while they were performing mitigation work.