Despite common misconceptions, there are plenty of places in the northeast that are prone to avalanches. The White Mountains of New Hampshire tend to see quite a few avalanches throughout the winter, and Mount Washington, a common spot for backcountry skiing and snowboarding, certainly isn’t immune.
Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington is basically a rite of passage for northeast skiers and snowboarders, but most people are heading up the mountain in the spring when the snow is soft and the risk of encountering an avalanche is low. That said, people do still try to hunt powder turns throughout the winter, risking slides like the one seen below captured this past Sunday, March 15th.
According to the Mount Washington Avalanche Center, this was a skier triggered soft slab, sliding in the Sluice area on the skier’s left side of the ravine. Fortunately despite being tossed by the sliding snow, nobody, including the skier who triggered the avalanche, was buried or apparently injured.
