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Tuckerman Ravine

The following photos show some of the key routes of ascent, lines of descent and natural features commonly used for reference when traveling in the Tuckerman Ravine area.

Label Name Maximum Pitch Sustained Pitch Dominant Aspect
1 Left Gully 45 35 ENE
2 Chute Variation 50 40 E
3 The Chute 50 40 E
4 Center Headwall 90 60 E
5 The Lip 45 40 SE
6 The Sluice 50 45 SSE
7 Right Gully 45 35 S
8 Lobster Claw (Right-Right Gully) 40 30 S
9 Boott Spur #3 (Gully #3) 50 30 N
10 Cathedral Gully 45 35 N
11 Dodge's Drop 50 45 NNE
12 Hillman's Highway 40 30 ENE
13 Duchess 50 45 E
14 Empress (Dead End Gully) 40 40 E
15 Lower Snowfields 40 30 E
16 Tuckerman Ravine Trail 40 30 SE
17 Little Headwall 40 25 E
Label Name Notes
A Left of Left Ice Popular spot for early and late season ice climbing
B Gumdrop Rocks Popular lunch spot that, while exposed to danger of falling ice from above, has less exposure and risk than Lunch Rocks.
C The Main Waterfall The Ravine's main waterfall where the Cutler River pours over the Headwall. A deep hole forms from the melt/rain water and creates an area of dangerous undermined snow that is very difficult to detect from above.
D Sluice Ice Large wall of south-facing ice that hangs over Lunch Rocks.
E Knife Edge Wind-formed feature that separates Right Gully and the Sluice.
F Lunch Rocks Popular lunch and resting spot for Ravine-goers. Basic first aid cache is nestled between rocks with red and white painted crosses. The area is threatened by falling ice and avalanches that originate in the Bowl, Sluice, Right Gully Although popular it should not be considered a safe location.
G Sherburne Ski Trail Ungroomed ski trail that runs from the base of the Little Headwall down to the south end of the Pinkham Notch parking lot.
H Connection First Aid Cache Large first aid cache beside the Tuckerman Ravine Trail just before the floor of the Ravine. Stocked with litters and basic first aid supplies for emergency use. During large avalanche events run out tracks may extend downhill of the cache.
I Boott Spur Distinctive high point between Tuckerman Ravine and the Gulf of Slides.
J The Christmas Tree Buttress separating Hillman's Highway and Lower Snowfield

Left Side of Bowl
Label Name Maximum Pitch Sustained Pitch Dominant Aspect
1 Left Gully 45 35 ENE
2 Chute Variation 50 40 E
3 The Chute 50 40 E
4 Center Headwall 90 60 E
Label Name Notes
A Left of Left Ice Popular spot for early and late season ice climbing.
B Gumdrop Rocks Popular lunch spot that, while exposed to danger of falling ice from above, has less exposure and risk than Lunch Rocks.


Center Right Side of Bowl
Label Name Maximum Pitch Sustained Pitch Dominant Aspect
5 The Lip 45 40 SE
6 The Sluice 50 45 SSE
7 Right Gully 45 35 S
8 Lobster Claw (Right-Right Gully) 40 30 S
16 Tuckerman Ravine Trail 40 30 SE
Label Name Notes
C The Main Waterfall The Ravine's main waterfall where the Cutler River pours over the Headwall. A deep hole forms from the melt/rain water and creates an area of dangerous undermined snow that is very difficult to detect from above.
D Sluice Ice Large wall of south-facing ice that hangs over Lunch Rocks.
F Lunch Rocks Popular lunch and resting spot for Ravine-goers. Basic first aid cache is nestled between rocks with red and white painted crosses. The area is threatened by falling ice and avalanches that originate in the Bowl, Sluice, Right Gully Although popular it should not be considered a safe location.


Right Side of Bowl
Label Name Maximum Pitch Sustained Pitch Dominant Aspect
6 The Sluice 50 45 SSE
7 Right Gully 45 35 S
16 Tuckerman Ravine Trail 40 30 SE
Label Name Notes
D Sluice Ice Large wall of south-facing ice that hangs over Lunch Rocks.
E Knife Edge Wind-formed feature that separates Right Gully and the Sluice.
F Lunch Rocks Popular lunch and resting spot for Ravine-goers. Basic first aid cache is nestled between rocks with red and white painted crosses. The area is threatened by falling ice and avalanches that originate in the Bowl, Sluice, Right Gully Although popular it should not be considered a safe location.


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Label Name Maximum Pitch Sustained Pitch Dominant Aspect
9 Boott Spur #3 (Gully #3) 50 30 N
10 Cathedral Gully 45 35 N
11 Dodge's Drop 50 45 NNE
12 Hillman's Highway 40 30 ENE
13 Duchess 50 45 E
14 Empress (Dead End Gully) 40 40 E
15 Lower Snowfields 40 30 E
Label Name Notes
I Boott Spur Distinctive high point between Tuckerman Ravine and the Gulf of Slides.
J The Christmas Tree Buttress separating Hillman's Highway and Lower Snowfield

 

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