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Remembering The Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrollers Who Lost Their Lives on the Mountain April 6, 2006

WE REMEMBER Article by mammothmountain.com On Thursday, April 6, 2006, four experienced Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrollers were inspecting the mountain after a series of heavy snowstorms. The patrollers were fencing off the fumarole, on Christmas Bowl run (east of Chair 3) when the snow around the vent collapsed. In this instance, the tremendous snowfall had temporarily blocked the vent and […]

SnowBrains | April 6, 2020
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Remembering World Record Skier Jamie Pierre | Feb. 22nd, 1973 – Nov. 13th, 2011

We lost Jamie Pierre in an avalanche at Snowbird ski resort in Utah exactly 2 years ago today. Jamie was a larger than life figure in the ski industry the blew minds with his consistent big airs all over the world. He set the world record cliff jump at 255 feet in Grand Targhee, Wyoming that still stands today. Matthew Jamison “Jamie” Pierre (February 22, 1973 – November 13, 2011) was a professional free skier. Pierre set a world-record cliff jump of 255 feet (78 m) at the Grand Targhee Resort in Wyoming.[1] He skied away with a bleeding cut lip from being […]

SnowBrains | November 13, 2013
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