PINKHAM'S GRANT — A snowboarder and skier were unhurt in an avalanche on the Lip area of Mount Washington’s Tuckerman at about noon Feb. 25, according to the Mount Washington Avalanche Center.
The incident was caught on camera by a witness — photographer R.J. Phipps told WMUR Ch. 9 that he had gone up to the ravine last Saturday to take pictures and that “within seconds, a slab of snow started to fall, dragging down a snowboarder.”
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