Earlier this week a skier fell into crevasse in Tuckerman Ravine. Here is his story:
What It’s Like to Fall 60 Feet Into a Crevasse and Claw Your Way Out
What It’s Like to Fall 60 Feet Into a Crevasse and Claw Your Way Out
Earlier this week a skier fell into crevasse in Tuckerman Ravine
Good article but I was all set to hear a story about you flying down Tuckerman and ending up in a tomahawk. You have a story like that? Reading this one gave me a flashback to 30 years ago doing the Buckner Cave waterfall passage. Haven't thought about that in many years but it was a cakewalk compared to what happened to that guy at Tuckerman.
excerpted from comments to the story in the OPRandkluft or rimaye are the German and French terms for what is commonly known in North America as a “moat”. While there is a long history of using the term crevasse to describe the deep holes and cracks in the snowpack in Tuckerman Ravine, the editor is correct in identifying that the term “crevasse” as applicable only to slots within a glacier, which is a permanent, year round river of ice in higher elevation mountain ranges.
Having hiked to the summit several times in both winter and summer, I'm with Doug in saying the snowfields would be highly variable for skiing. The area is heavily bouldered and the wind so strong that it tends to blow the snow away. So the danger of hitting something or falling prey to a randkluft (thanks for that word, Doug!) is present pretty much all winter, regardless of how deep the snowpack is lower down.