AvalancheOutcome: FatalAvalanche

Avalanche — Mount Washington, Feb 19, 1956

Feb 19, 1956·Mount Washington

28-year-old from Boston, MA · party of 5

A. Aaron Leve, 28, was hiking with four others in Tuckerman Ravine on February 19, 1956 when an avalanche fully buried him. He did not survive.

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Part of the WMNF Hiker Incident Database. Every entry cites a primary or near-primary source; details are refined as the record is reviewed.