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High above the valley floor, alone on the edge of a wooded slope, Steve Stahl fell unconscious into the snow. His body temperature began to plummet.
Nearby, Mike Jolly, RN, was enjoying a day of skiing at Stowe Mountain Resort with his long-time friend, Jared Supple. The two had first crossed paths while working Mt. Mansfield ski patrol years earlier. Both experienced emergency medicine clinicians, Jolly and Supple noticed a pair of skis planted into the snow on the opposite side of the trail. A motionless figure lay nearby.
The two friends found Stahl unresponsive and barely