You know from here, here, and here about the dangers of skiing Mt. Washington, NH, and how improvement in equipment has opened the backcountry to more and more people.
When you consider the number of rescues needed to help those who perhaps should have stayed home or in the lodge, and then consider those who got lucky (without a rescue), it makes you wonder what we don’t hear about.
You’ll see what I mean in the video below, captured about a month ago from a cam positioned on neighboring Wildcat Mountain.
A video of yesterday’s avalanche in Tuckerman’s Ravine captured by the Wildcat cam. In the top left corner, the snowboarder can be seen beginning to drop into the bowl. After the camera zooms, the snowboarder can be seen outrunning the avalanche. No one involved was injured. pic.twitter.com/27Ya6lGHR6
— Mount Washington Observatory (MWOBS) (@MWObs) March 12, 2025
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