Avalanche injures 2 in Tuckerman Ravine

By Erik Eisele

PINKHAM NOTCH — Despite a low snowpack and seemingly early-season conditions on Mount Washington, an avalanche on Sunday triggered by two climbers swept a Tuckerman Ravine gully, catching four and leaving two injured.

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