Skier dies attempting expert run down 11,000-foot California peak: ‘Worst thing I’ve ever seen on the mountain’

Fuente: New York Post

A skier died attempting an expert run from the top of 11,000-foot Mammoth Mountain on Thursday as horrified witnesses helplessly looked on. The unidentified thrill-seeker was killed while skiing a run called Dropout 2, a notorious trail that drops about 1,200 vertical feet and is one of the steepest in California, the Los Angeles Times reported. A skier died attempting an expert run from the top of 11,000-foot Mammoth Mountain on Thursday as horrified witnesses helplessly looked on.