Mount Washington

A snowboarder in New Hampshire reportedly narrowly escaped an avalanche on Mount Washington’s Tuckerman Ravine last week. The Mount Washington Avalanche Center posted video to its Instagram account showing the incident and warning that even small avalanches can have big consequences — especially in the early season. According to the Instagram post, the terrain is relatively low-angle, and the avalanche...

Authorities rescued a New Hampshire man after he suffered a life-threatening lower leg injury during an avalanche while skiing on Mount Washington on Saturday. New Hampshire Fish and Game says the man, identified as 30-year-old Dominic Torro from Bow, was skiing through the area known as “Airplane Gully” with a friend when he triggered an avalanche and suffered the life-threatening…

The Mount Washington Observatory recorded its first measurable snowfall of the season at the summit on Sunday. “The summit saw its first measurable snowfall of the season today, with 0.3″ of snow measured so far. Below-freezing temperatures, high winds, and fog have also resulted in rime ice for most of the day,” the observatory said. “Temperatures aren’t expected to rise…

A Colorado runner raced through cold drizzle to the summit of New England’s tallest peak, finding a finish line nearly obscured by fog, to win the Mount Washington Road Race on Saturday. Joseph Gray, 39 of Colorado Springs, won for a record-tying seventh time in a time of 1 hour, 24 seconds, followed by Sam Chelanga, 38, of Colorado Springs,…

With Saturday’s snowfall, this is now Mt. Washington’s snowiest June on record since they began keeping data in 1932.