A large winter storm pushed across California on Thursday as other parts of the West prepared for heavy snow and rain.

Murphy was one of two ski patrollers swept away by an avalanche on Lincoln Mountain in the resort while doing avalanche mitigation following a heavy snowstorm, the resort said. It was closed to the public at the time. The second patroller was uninjured by the 11:30 a.m. avalanche, the resort said. Murphy was hospitalized with serious injuries.

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SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks’ game against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday will be shown exclusively on ESPN instead of the team’s normal broadcast partner, NBC Sports California. The game, the last on the Sharks’ seven-game road trip, is also being streamed on ESPN+.

A Mammoth Mountain ski patrol employee has died after sustaining serious injuries last week from an avalanche.

Avalanche season ramps up with the heavy snowfalls in the late fall — but activity typically peaks around February each season, which is close to the peak of snow coverage in much of the country.

Claire Murphy was injured in a Feb. 14 avalanche at Mammoth Mountain, the California resort said. Photo by Nicholas Cool via Unsplash A ski patroller hospitalized following a Feb. 14 avalanche at ...