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Avalanche — Mount Washington, Apr 11, 2019

·Mount Washington·Raymond Cataract

Nicholas D. Benedix, 32, of Campton, NH

Benedix was skiing alone in Raymond Cataract (between Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines) when a human-triggered avalanche (about 135 feet wide at the crown) buried him under about five feet of snow for roughly an hour. He was found and dug out (rescuers noted one set of tracks in and none out) but was pronounced dead about 4 p.m. The avalanche danger had been posted as 'moderate.'

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