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Originally Posted by Wilson02852
Tucks will pucker the cheeks of many skiers. If the hike up doesn't wear you dropping off headwall and heading down on mostly ice will just plan squeeze those cheeks. Yeah, the rock runout at bottom is also interesting.
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Tucks is definitely not for the faint of heart. Got well over 100 runs under the belt there. We used to make it an annual spring tradition. Hike up to the base camps late at night, camp out for a three day weekend and do three or four runs per day. Basically lived on peanut butter and jelly, water, and vodka. Experienced every imaginable condition, from glare ice, corn snow, rock skiing, and deep powder. Nothing like a powder day, skiing from the parking lot on the top of Mt. Washington through almost a mile and half of snow fields then dropping off the head wall. Watched a couple unfortunate skiers get airlifted out of there and always tried to stay well clear of the crevasses. One of my best friends named his two sons Tucker and Hunter, after two of the ravines. Ski on : )