SARGENT'S PURCHASE — At approximately 4 p.m., on Saturday, April 3,  a call was received for a skier who was injured after a tumble down a steep slope in the Gulf of Slides on the southeast side of Mount Washington. The victim was identified as 61-year-old Arild Hestvik of Newark, Del.

Limited information was available other than the skier had tumbled the entire length of a slide path, an approximate ground distance of 1,000 feet, down a popular skiing route known as “Main Gully.”

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