Avalanches killed two ski patrollers at Mammoth in a year. What’s going wrong?
- Posted on January 29, 2026
- By Los Angeles Times
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Avalanches killed two ski patrollers at Mammoth in a year. What’s going wrong?

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