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...Chris Joosen, a snow ranger for the U.S. Forest Service, said Friday’s avalanche started after a group of three other hikers reached the steep, icy crest of the bowl-shaped ravine, up a 1,000-foot slope...
Sandberg and his climbing partner Richard Doucette of Watertown were hit by the avalanche while still at the base of the ravine, as they were putting on their ropes in preparation of ascending, Joosen said...
Avalanches are common in the area in winter—the White Mountains see about 100 every year—and a moderate avalanche warning was posted at the ravine on Friday morning. Most avalanche deaths occur in moderate avalanche hazards, Joosen said...
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