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I have not recently chimed in on the snowfall discussion, but I think that we may be comparing apples and oranges here. The snowfall...

Cinema Gully is wicked avy-prone, especially at the base where the wider face above funnels wind-drifted snow into the narrower recess...

As an ice climber, I always stayed away from avalanche terrain any time the Tucks/Huntington boards were at moderate or above just...

Not in the exact area but similar terrain. https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-avalanche-warning-21725/63820975

Yup, nearly continuous 100+ winds measured for many hours at the Summit must be piling up snow in the east-side cirques. Not much...

All kinds of High Avalanche warnings as headline bulletins on The major TV networks last night.

The Cannon talus slope is steep enough for an avalanche but usually does not slide because the rough surface created by the large...

This thread has long since drifted away from the subject heading, so I'll extend the discussion of 'trailless' peaks in the Adirondacks...

Speaking of John Bouchard in another thread, whom became known as Blackie Iceman after his first ascent solo of the Black Dike Route on...

He did not say how many SAR personnel have lost their lives on Mount Charleston, but it sounded like more than one, which is all that we...

What I thought was cool about Brutus was that when he decided that it was time to stop, he would sit on top of our snowshoes. 🙂

If Brutus were alive and could talk, he probably would tell you that his namesake route on Owls Head was never intended to be a herd...

This. I believe in biological evolution, too. A good example of named hiking route evolution in the Whites is the mile-long section...

Originally it was a bushwhack. It evolved as it became popular and the name stuck.

Conditions are not the same all year round. For instance this Winter has provided a lot of wind blown snow resulting in a very laminated...