It was a rough morning on Mammoth Mountain yesterday, when two ski patrollers were swept up in an avalanche during control work on Lincoln Mountain, leaving one of them seriously hurt, resort officials said.
The slide released at about 7:30 a.m., before any lifts had opened to the public, while the Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol was doing avalanche mitigation on the Lincoln terrain. Both patrollers were taken to Mammoth Hospital, and one has since been moved out of the area for further care. In response, the resort shut down mountain operations for the day so crews could secure hazardous terrain and focus on their own staff.
According to CBS Sacramento, resort officials said one patroller suffered serious injuries and was being transferred for additional treatment, while the second was being evaluated for possible broken bones. No names or additional medical updates had been released as of yesterday…