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The ravine is named after botanist Edward Tuckerman who studied alpine plants and lichens in the area in the 1830s and 1840s. According to the New England Ski Museum, the first recorded use of skis on Mount Washington was by a Dr. Wiskott of Breslau, Germany, who skied on the mountain in 1899, while the first skier in Tuckerman Ravine was John S. Apperson of Schenectady, New York, in April 1914.
Tuckerman Ravine: Washington [16] [5] Sarah Nicholson: June 4, 1994: 25 Maine: Falling ice Tuckerman Ravine: Washington [5] Ronald Hastings: October 8, 1994: 63 New Hampshire: Natural causes Summit Washington [5] Christopher Schneider: March 28, 1995: 31 Vermont: Fall while skiing in Hillman's Highway Tuckerman Ravine: Washington [5] Alexandre ...
MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — The steep bowl at Tuckerman Ravine on New Hampshire's Mount Washington has long made it a favorite spot for expert skiers and snowboarders who are seeking adventure beyond ...
A skier has died after she fell nearly 600 feet down an icy ravine on Mount Washington in New Hampshire over the weekend, officials say. The woman and two others were backcountry skiing on ...
From left to right are Tuckerman Ravine, the Ravine of Raymond Cataract, and Huntington Ravine. The bulk of the western slope of the notch is formed by Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeast United States, reaching 6,288 feet (1,917 m) above sea level. [2]
The 20 year old fell at Tuckerman Ravine while skiing in difficult conditions, officials say.
Matt's most renowned feat came on April 16, 1939, when in the Third "American Inferno", a top-to-bottom race of Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, he "schussed" (skied straight downhill without turning) the steep and infamous Headwall. His time for the 4-mile (6.4 km) race was 6 minutes 29.2 seconds, with an estimated top ...
The Mount Washington Avalanche Center described the avalanche as a "small, thin wind slab.". According to avalanche.org, a wind slab is "the release of a cohesive layer of snow (a slab) formed by ...