Monthly Archives: January 2012

Avalanche Course

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

Winter has definitely arrived and the 4th avalanche course of the season concluded with a very interesting day in the Ravine. Light density snow from the higher summits has accumulated into pencil hard wind slab with varying thickness, all sitting on … Continue reading →

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Climbing with Martin

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Last year Martin attempted Mount Washington with me, and we were turned back at Lion’s Head due to some very harsh weather. This year Martin returned, all the way from Denmark, to make another attempt. I had two days to … Continue reading →

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3 Day Mountaineering Course

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

This past weekend was the first (and only) weekend of the winter that I was not scheduled to teach an avalanche course. Instead I had the great pleasure of taking father/son team Stephen and Randy out for their first few … Continue reading →

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Level 1 AIARE Avalanche Course

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Another weekend, another avalanche course. This time there was a bit more snow so after two days of preliminary classroom and field exercises 5 skiers and 2 motivated snowboarders headed up the Tuck’s trail to learn about traveling in avalanche … Continue reading →

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Avalanche Course

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Another course has concluded and an interesting week it has been on the mountain. Despite unseasonable conditions and low snow accumulations there were 2 avalanche accidents in Huntington Ravine last week. Details and pictures can be found here: http://www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/search-rescue/2011-2012-summaries/ Here’s … Continue reading →

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First Avalanche Course of the season

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

With great anticipation the 1st avalanche course of the season has come and gone. We had a full course with 12 participants with various backgrounds in skiing, mountaineering, and ice climbing. Despite a slow start to the season and the … Continue reading →

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