INCIDENTS & ACCIDENTS
Every year, on average, 25 people who are injured while climbing, skiing and mountaineering on Mount Washington require some type of assistance from rescue groups such as the Mount Washington Volunteer Ski Patrol and the US Forest Service. The incident summaries listed below are provided as an educational tool in order to help prevent future accidents. The accidents range from sprained ankles to multi-systems trauma. The reports and analysis of these accidents have revealed some interesting insights into winter mountain safety.
Accident reporting and investigation is a time consuming and often detailed process. Reports of major accidents from the US Forest Service Snow Rangers may take some time to appear on this page.
Hit by falling ice
04/09/2008. Tags: struck by falling ice
Avalanche North Gully Huntington Ravine
03/30/2008. Tags: avalanche, huntington ravine
Glissading accident
03/03/2008. Tags: glissading
Sliding Fall Huntington Ravine
01/26/2008. Tags: huntington ravine, sliding fall
Sliding Fall – Huntington Ravine
01/25/2008. Tags: huntington ravine, sliding fall
Sliding Fall – Tuckerman Ravine Trail Summit Cone
01/24/2008. Tags: sliding fall
Avalanche Solo Climber Huntington Ravine
01/18/2008. Tags: avalanche, huntington ravine
Avalanche at Base of Pinnacle
12/20/2007. Tags: avalanche, huntington ravine
Lost Hiker
05/06/2007. Tags: lost
Sliding Fall – Tuckerman Ravine
03/31/2007. Tags: sliding fall, tuckerman ravine
Injured Hiker Tuckerman Ravine Trail
03/31/2007. Tags: injured hiker
Climber fall – Lobster Claw in Tuckerman Ravine
03/25/2007. Tags: injured climber, tuckerman ravine
Sliding Fall – Headwall in Tuckerman Ravine
03/24/2007. Tags: injured hiker, sliding fall
North Gully Solo Climbing Fall
12/16/2006. Tags: fall while climbing, huntington ravine
Lost Hikers
05/29/2006. Tags: lost
Falling Rock Chute
05/28/2006. Tags: injured skier
Hiker Broken Fibula
04/30/2006. Tags: injured hiker
Skier Fall – Headwall
04/29/2006. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Skier Fall – Chute
04/29/2006. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Dog – Hit by Snowboard
04/29/2006. Tags: injured dog
Snowboarder Fall -Lip
04/22/2006. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Skier Fall -Lip
04/22/2006. Tags: injured skier
Chute – Skier Fall
04/22/2006. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Sliding Fall- Lip
04/09/2006. Tags: injured skier, sliding fall, tuckerman ravine
Sliding Fall, Hillman’s Highway
04/02/2006. Tags: injured skier, sliding fall, tuckerman ravine
Sliding Fall. Glissading Hillman’s Highway
04/02/2006. Tags: glissading, sliding fall, tuckerman ravine
Long Sliding Fall – Hillman’s Highway
04/02/2006. Tags: sliding fall, tuckerman ravine
Sliding Fall Hillman’s
04/02/2006. Tags: injured skier, sliding fall, tuckerman ravine
Injured Climber – Post Hole Hyper Extension
03/11/2006. Tags: injured hiker
Injured Hiker
03/11/2006. Tags: injured hiker
Glissading with Crampons
02/25/2006. Tags: glissading, tuckerman ravine
Snowboarding in the Chute, Axe Laceration
02/16/2006. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Glissading in Tuckerman Ravine
02/11/2006. Tags: glissading, tuckerman ravine
Avalanche Huntington Ravine
01/30/2006. Tags: avalanche, huntington ravine
Sledding on the Sherburne Ski Trail
01/28/2006. Tags:
Sliding Fall Huntington Ravine.
01/22/2006. Tags: huntington ravine, injured climber, sliding fall
Sliding Fall – Huntington Ravine
12/03/2005. Tags: huntington ravine, injured climber, sliding fall
Injured Skier
05/08/2005. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Long Sliding Fall. Left Gully Tuckerman Ravine
04/23/2005. Tags: injured skier, sliding fall, tuckerman ravine
Injured Skier- Lip
04/18/2005. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Falling Ice – Central Gully
04/17/2005. Tags: huntington ravine, struck by falling ice
Sliding Fall
04/16/2005. Tags: injured hiker, sliding fall
Injured Skier – Tuckerman Ravine
04/16/2005. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Long Sliding Fall Chute
04/16/2005. Tags: injured skier, sliding fall
Chest pains and shortness of breath on the Tuckerman Ravine
04/15/2005. Tags:
Injured Hiker
04/09/2005. Tags: injured hiker
Runaway Snowboard – Tuckerman Ravine
04/09/2005. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Skier Injury
03/27/2005. Tags: injured skier, tuckerman ravine
Injured Hiker – Lion Head
03/19/2005. Tags: injured hiker