Two ski patrol members were trying to mitigate the threat of an avalanche after a storm had dumped about 6 feet of snow on the mountain in 36 hours.

Two Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol staff were buried in snow Friday after an avalanche came down on them during their mitigation work.

Two ski patrollers at Mammoth Mountain, California, were caught in an avalanche at approximately 11:30 a.m. today after roughly six feet of snow fell in 36 hours, according to a statement shared by the ski resort.