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Julia Clarke

Backcountry skier dies amid "unforgiving conditions" in another hazardous weekend on Mount Washington

Mount Washington in Winter.

Hazardous conditions on Mount Washington this weekend proved fatal for one backcountry skier, who died on Saturday after plunging down a steep ravine. Several other incidents and rescues took place on the same day, which came one day after we reported on a hypothermic hiker who was rescued while trying to climb the icy mountain in sneakers.

According to a news release by the US Forest Service, 20-year-old Madison Saltsburg died of traumatic injuries she sustained after falling 600 feet down Tuckerman Ravine, a steep bowl popular with expert skiers.

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