VIDEO: Why You Should Avoid Standing Underneath Annual Snow Arch on Tuckerman Ravine Trail, NH View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mt Washington Avalanche Center (@mwacenter) This time-lapse video shows an incident that occurred last summer when a hiker entered the snow arch that forms at the base of “The Open Book” feature where the Tuckerman Ravine Trail steepens and takes a turn to climb into the Sluice area. Related: […] SnowBrains | June 15, 2021 0 Comments
Skier Without Helmet Suffers Serious Head Injuries After Sliding Into ‘Jagged Rocks’ on Tuckerman Ravine, NH View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mt Washington Avalanche Center (@mwacenter) On Sunday, May 30, at approximately 1:20 pm, a Mount Washington Volunteer Ski Patroller radioed the USFS lead snow ranger to report that a skier had taken a sliding fall down a 35-degree snow slope into Lunch Rocks in Tuckerman Ravine, NH. A short […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
North America’s Most Technologically Advanced Chairlift Coming to Loon Mountain, NH With only one other eight-person chairlift existing in North America at Big Sky, MT, Loon Mountain in New Hampshire will be the second resort in North America and the first on the East Coast to offer this type of lift next season. Related: Ramcharger 8: North America’s First 8-Seater Chairlift Opened at Big Sky Resort, MT this Weekend The chairlift […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 6, 2021 1 Comment
VIDEO: Tomahawks, Sedan-Sized Ice Fall, and Deep Crevasse | Welcome to Tuckerman Ravine, NH in April [arve url="https://youtu.be/91nM-ItAXNc"] SnowBrains | April 28, 2021 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
VIDEO: Insane Overcrowding and 2 Separate Falling Ice Injuries in Tuckerman Ravine, NH on Saturday View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mt Washington Avalanche Center (@mwacenter) A warning here of the dangers of falling ice from the Mount Washington Avalanche Center, reporting from Tuckerman Ravine on two separate incidents in one morning, including one broken leg. Related: Skier Survives 1,000-Feet Fall Down Main Gully on Mount Washington, NH After Binding […] SnowBrains | April 12, 2021 1 Comment
Skier Survives 1,000-Feet Fall Down Main Gully on Mount Washington, NH After Binding Fails on First Turn At approximately 4:00 pm, on Saturday, April 3, 2021, a call was received for a skier that was injured after a tumble down a steep slope in the Gulf of Slides on the south-east side of Mount Washington, NH. Related: Mount Washington, NH: Home Of The World’s Worst Weather The victim was identified as 61-year-old Arild Hestvik of Newark Delaware. Limited […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 5, 2021 0 Comments
Loon Mountain, NH to Begin Construction on the East Coast’s First 8-Person Chairlift With only one other eight-person chairlift existing in North America at Big Sky, Montana, Loon Mountain in New Hampshire will be the second resort in North America and the first on the east coast to offer this type of lift next season. The chairlift is set to be built over this coming off-season and will be ready for the 2021-2022 […] Industry News Liam Abbott | March 30, 2021 2 Comments
Mount Washington Avalanche Center: This is What an Unsurvivable Avalanche Looks Like… Mount Washington Avalanche Center shared a few images on Instagram yesterday of a huge natural avalanche in Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington, NH. Scary stuff… In case you are wondering what an unsurvivable avalanche looks like, this is it. This large to very large (D2.5) natural avalanche occurred last night (2/23-24) when WNW winds transported what remained of the loose […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 25, 2021 0 Comments
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