Photos: Extreme Skiing on Mount Washington
Daring skiers tackle Tuckerman Ravine.
Warm days have finally arrived after a long, difficult winter. Flowers are blooming and New Englanders have swapped their boots for flip flops.
But a group of about 2,000 skiers from New England and across the country are still skiing at Mount Washington’s Tuckerman Ravine in New Hampshire this month, a place Sports Illustrated calls “the Holy Grail of New England spring skiing.’’
The exhilarating and dangerous Tuckerman Ravine is the birthplace of extreme skiing in America and a coveted ski destination for many thrill-seeking skiers and riders. Tuckerman owes its 50-plus foot snowpack a year to snow coming off the mountain’s 6,288-foot peak, reports the Associated Press.
There are no ski lifts so skiers must trek the more than 3.1 miles up the mountain with skis, snowboards, and other supplies on their backs. Then they risk avalanches, falling ice, and crevasses to ski down it, navigating a very steep 45 degrees.
Read the full report in the AP.
And take a look at these thrill-seekers in action.
Photos: Extreme Skiing on Mount Washington:
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