avalanche

In a post on the Avalanche Center website, the skiers at Huntington Ravine wrote, ”While we are shaken up, and even embarrassed, the experience was incredibly educational and a serious reminder that will deeply influence our judgement moving forward.”

A Vermont man was carried approximately 300 feet when the snow beneath him gave way. He was rescued by his climbing partner, and then extricated on a snowmobile by first responders.

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The skier was swept 500 vertical feet down a narrow gully before coming to rest buried and unable to move anything, except for one hand.

Both people escaped injury. The location of the avalanche was about 4,800 feet up on the mountain.

The Mount Washington Avalanche Center will close for the season Monday, officials say, so as not to encourage ill-advised outdoor recreation by continuing…

New Hampshire is seeing a boom in backcountry skiing and mountaineering, and that means more people are venturing into avalanche territory in mid-winter.…

Avalanche danger was listed as “considerable” on Mount Washington Thursday.With back country snow sports on the rise in the Whites, and a recent rash of…

Authorities warn that the possibility of further avalanches is increasing a day after a skier died on Mount Washington. A spokesman for the White Mountain…

With 9 inches of new snow and strong winds expected throughout the day, the Snow Rangers at the Mount Washington Avalanche Center have raised the…