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Two ski patrollers caught in avalanche at Mammoth Mountain - Los Angeles Times
16+ hour, 3+ min ago (371+ words) For the second time in less than a year, a pair of ski patrollers at Mammoth Mountain have been caught in an avalanche after a major snowstorm. At about 7:30 a.m. Friday, before the resort opened, the two were performing "avalanche mitigation…...
A snowboarder from Australia? Scotty James is on cusp of being five-time Winter Olympian
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1240+ words) Growing up just outside Melbourne, Australia, Scotty James was more likely to spot the Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot as he was to spot snow. For him, the winter Olympics seemed about as accessible as Mars. "It is very…...
Snow-starved California ski resorts delay openings despite powerful recent storms
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (675+ words) It may have felt like the recent rain would never end in Los Angeles, but the record-breaking precipitation in Southern California has failed to translate into a much-desired dumping of snow at ski resorts across the state. While Friday was…...
Olympic snowboarder turned drug lord ordered killing of witness against him, feds charge
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (666+ words) A former Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became the head of a billion-dollar drug trafficking organization has been charged with ordering the murder of a witness against him earlier this year, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday by federal prosecutors in…...
Get your skis and snowboards ready. Here are the opening dates at California's best resorts
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (203+ words) While folklore says you can predict winter weather by the number of nuts the squirrels have collected or the width of the stripes on woolly bear caterpillars, Bryan Allegretto doesn't put much stock into those forecasts. "Seems to me, those…...