Some high points require expert skill, a bit of luck, and probably some suffering. Not these. Here are 14 peaks high on views, low on effort that don’t play hard to get.
Parents of Granite State skier killed in 2015 educate others of danger on mountains
Brass Avalanche Foundation created by parents Share Updated: 7:29 PM EST Mar 7, 2021
Brass Avalanche Foundation created by parents Share Updated: 7:29 PM EST Mar 7, 2021
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Show Transcript LIFE. IT’S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE TRAGEDY STRUCK A FRANCONIA FAMILY. ELITE SKIER RONNIE BERLACK AND HIS U.S. SKI TEAMMATE BRYCE ASTLE WERE KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE WHILE SKIING OFF GROOMED TRAIL IN AUSTRIA. IT HAD BEEN VERY COLD AND NOT MUCH SNOW AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF SNOW SO THERE WAS A SLIPPERY SURFACE. MIKE: BERLACK’S PARENTS TURNED THEIR GRIEF INTO ACTION STARTING THE BRASS AVALANCHE FOUNDATION. THEY’VE REACHED 5,000 ATHLETES AND COACHES NATIONWIDE, TEACHING THEM SNOW AND AVALANCHE SAFETY. WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, THEY WENT VIRTUAL. HAVE THE GEAR, GET SOME TRAINING, GET THE FORECAST, GET THE PICTURE AS TO WHAT’S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THE MOUNTAINS
Alpine touring numbers climb at Maine ski areas
Only time will tell if the trend translates into more backcountry skiers in remote wilderness areas.
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Dan Elliott of Rumford uses Alpine touring equipment to travel up Rumford Whitecap before skiing down. Backcountry skiing has been growing in popularity, but skiers must be versed in wilderness survival skills and know how to survive in avalanche country.
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More skiers are embracing uphill travel, also called Alpine touring, at Maine ski resorts – and more ski areas are catering to those who opt to hike up instead of take the chairlifts.
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