Snowboarder Swept Away by Avalanche on New Hampshire Mountain
A snowboarder got caught in an avalanche caused by a nearby skier on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington on Saturday, February 25.
Video taken by RJ Phipps shows a skier descend ‘The Lip’ on Tuckerman Ravine and trigger a small avalanche, which sweeps up a snowboarder further down and partially buries him a few hundred feet down in a rocky area.
Both the skier and snowboarder were unharmed, according to local news reports.
Phipps told local media the avalanche “kind of sounds a little bit like a freight train.
“I was doing my best to keep an eye on where he was coming down. Hopefully, he would just come through this without any problems,” Phipps added. Credit: R.J. Phipps via Storyful
Video transcript
- Oh.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- See?
- Yeah.
- See?
- Avalanche. Oh, my god.
- Yep, he's in it.
- He's going to hit the rock. I hope not.
- Yep, you're right. He came through.
- You see him?
- Yeah, I think I got him.
- Oh.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- See?
- Yeah.
- See?
- Avalanche. Oh, my god.
- Yep, he's in it.
- He's going to hit the rock. I hope not.
- Yep, you're right. He came through.
- You see him?
- Yeah, I think I got him.