Avalanche at Mammoth Mountain injures 2 ski patrollers, 1 seriously hurt

One ski patroller was seriously injured and another hurt after an avalanche occurred during early-morning mitigation work at Mammoth Mountain on Friday, officials said. According to the resort, Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol was conducting avalanche mitigation on Lincoln Mountain around 7:30 a.m. — before ski area operations began — when a slide occurred. Two patrollers [...]