Mount Washington Avalanche Center warns of hidden dangers of back country skiing
In this Wednesday, May 6, 2015 photo, Charlie Carr of Bristol leads his friend Andy Bell of Thornton up The Sluice, a slope with a 50-degree pitch on Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington. There are no lifts at Tuckerman Ravine; to ski it you have to climb it. Robert F. Bukaty
FILE - In this March 10, 2015, file photo, Greg George, of Macon, Ga., skis the Lobster Claw, a steep ski route in Tuckerman Ravine on New Hampshire s Mount Washington. Skiers have been hiking up to ski the Northeast s tallest peak for nearly 100 years. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) Robert F. Bukaty