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Former Telluride, CO, Ski Patroller With Explosives Experience Allegedly Threatened to ‘Blow Up’ Sheriff’s Office

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The San Miguel Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office of threats made by former ski patroller Bryan Randolph Cornwell, age 39, of Norwood. Mr. Cornwell was arrested by Sheriff’s Deputies under a federal warrant Friday and charged by criminal complaint with making threats by means of explosives. […]

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SnowBrains | May 26, 2022
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GoFundMe Set-Up for Palisades Tahoe, CA Ski Patroller Battling Cancer

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Paul Gugliuzza is a ski patroller at Palisades Tahoe, CA. He’s battling cancer, and his friends, family, and fellow patrollers have started a GoFundMe page to help Paul get through his recovery. Paul’s GoFundMe page reads: Hi everyone, we are Squaw Valley Ski Patrol (sic) and we are asking for your help assisting our longtime brother, colleague, friend, and awesome […]

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SnowBrains | September 14, 2021
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Should We Pay Ski Patrollers More?

Ski patrollers are the most important people at any ski resort. The services they provide are beyond value. Patrollers perform avalanche safety, save lives and limbs, reset boundaries ropes and signage after every storm, decide what can be skied each day, answer an onslaught of questions, work long hours, handle high explosives, fire canons, and ski like demons. Patrollers spend everyday on the mountain making sure you’re as safe as possible. What’s fascinating is that we don’t pay […]

Miles Clark | April 25, 2020
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Squaw Valley, CA Ski Patroller Loses Her Tragic Battle with Rare Brain Cancer

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In November 2018, less than a year ago, Squaw Valley ski patroller Amy Holland suddenly collapsed at home. She was diagnosed with a rare and extremely aggressive type of brain cancer called Glioblastoma. Related: Squaw Valley Ski Patroller Diagnosed With Rare Type of Brain Cancer A GoFundMe was immediately set up to help the extremely well-liked and popular member of […]

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SnowBrains | July 19, 2019
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Squaw Valley Ski Patroller Diagnosed With Rare Type of Brain Cancer

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Ski patrollers devote so much of their lives to keeping us safe. Working long hours, they venture into avalanche terrain in the early hours to protect people, who they don’t even know, against the most dangerous aspects of skiing. Now, in the light of an unfortunate event, the skiing community has a chance to give back to one of these […]

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Tanner Blake | November 7, 2018
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Body of Heavenly Ski Patroller Missing on Mt. Rainier, WA Since July 3rd Found in Waterfall

The body of 30-year-old Heavenly ski patroller, Dmitri Pajitnov, was extracted from the bottom of a waterfall in Mount Rainier National Park, WA on Saturday only 30 meters from where he disappeared, according to Mount Rainier National Park. Dmitri’s body was located in early August, but personnel were unable to access it until Saturday due to dangerous conditions.  A crew of  search […]

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SnowBrains | August 21, 2017
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Squaw Valley Ski Resort Fined $20,250 by Cal/OSHA for Ski Patoller’s Death This Year

On January 24th, 2017 Squaw Valley Professional Ski Patroller Joe Zuiches, 42, was killed while performing avalanche control duties on Mainline Pocket above the Gold Coast chairlift at Squaw Valley ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA. Joe was killed when an explosive charge went off near him.  Joe was 42-years-old and leaves behind a wife an infant son. A 6 […]

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SnowBrains | August 9, 2017
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Heavenly, CA Ski Patroller Dies on Mt. Rainier, WA

Heavenly ski resort, CA ski patroller Dmitri Pajitnov’s body remains missing after he fell through a snow bridge into a running creek on 14,411′ Mt. Rainier, WA on July 3rd, 2017. Rescue efforts have been called off after determining that the area was unsafe for searchers and that the odds of survival were “essentially negligible.” While the family and friends of […]

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Roger Romani | July 18, 2017
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