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Old 12-22-2022, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by tophcfa View Post
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 : )
WOW you are a brave soul! I've skied all over NH and hiked up to the lunch rocks at Tuckerman's not in a million years would I ski Tucks, I wasn't a bad skier but that was beyond my ability.
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