AvalancheOutcome: FatalAvalanche

Avalanche — Mount Washington, Feb 24, 1991

Feb 24, 1991·Mount Washington

41-year-old from Montpelier, VT · party of 2

Thomas Smith, 41, was killed by an avalanche at the top of Odell's Gully in Huntington Ravine on February 24, 1991, suffering a 2,000-foot fall. His climbing companion survived.

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