SARGENT’S PURCHASE — The U.S. Forest Service’s Mount Washington Avalanche Center reported that the the Lip area of the headwall in Tuckerman Ravine experienced a wet avalanche last Friday, Jan. 12.
Thankfully, according to USFS Snow Rangers, no one was injured.
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