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Is there anything that melts hearts like a puppy? And for some reason, avalanche puppies, that will soon be avalanche rescue dogs, tend to melt the heart even faster. Meet Ritter, Mammoth Mountain’s newest employee and a future avalanche dog. This pup might actually save someone you know someday soon. According to the resort, Ritter is a Duck Toller Retriever.
“Welcome to the Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol team, Ritter,” wrote Mammoth PR peeps on social media. “ We can’t wait to watch you grow and learn and become an active member of our Avalanche Rescue Dog Team.”
There are currently seven or so dogs on the Mammoth rescue dog team (give or take, given retirements, etc.), and Ritter looks to be the next in a line of solid rescue pups. You can see the entire team, here. In the meantime, enjoy 30 seconds with the Eastern Sierra resort’s newest employee.
The mountains are calling, but the siren song has been especially dangerous this year.
From Alaska to Wyoming, dozens of skiers, snowboarders and other outdoor enthusiasts who see the backcountry as a refuge have been caught in barreling waves of snow and ice in one of the deadliest avalanche seasons in modern history.
For the record:
1:57 PM, Mar. 08, 2021An earlier version of this article stated avalanche victims can asphyxiate from breathing in carbon monoxide. They can die by breathing in exhaled carbon dioxide.
On Feb. 27, four snowmobilers were caught in an icy deluge on Tiger Peak, north of a ghost town in Idaho. Two riders were buried, and one died while trapped under the snow. The week before, two other snowmobilers died in back-to-back avalanches over two days.
The mountains are calling, but the siren song has been especially dangerous this year.
From Alaska to Wyoming, dozens of skiers, snowboarders and other outdoor enthusiasts who see the backcountry as a refuge have been caught in barreling waves of snow and ice in one of the deadliest avalanche seasons in modern history.
For the record:
10:50 AM, Mar. 08, 2021An earlier version of this article stated avalanche victims can asphyxiate from breathing in carbon monoxide. They can die by breathing in exhaled carbon dioxide.
On Feb. 27, four snowmobilers were caught in an icy deluge on Tiger Peak, north of a ghost town in Idaho. Two riders were buried, and one died while trapped under the snow. The week before, two other snowmobilers died in back-to-back avalanches over two days.
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A skier has died after being found upside down in several feet of snow at Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California.
The man was found by guests of the resort buried head first at about noon on Thursday in deep snow near the intersection of Redwing and Hully Gully, Mammoth Mountain said in a statement.