A MOUNTAIN FELL SILENT: REMEMBERING COLE MURPHY, A LIFE FILLED WITH COURAGE AND HEART
A deep, quiet sorrow has settled over Mammoth Mountain after a tragic morning on the slopes. Thirty-year-old Cole Murphy, a devoted ski patroller, lost his life after being caught in an avalanche while performing safety work early Friday. He and another patroller were working on Lincoln Mountain around 7:30 a.m. when the slide came down.