http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/avalanche/
was in the ravine last sat when tucks was rated considerable - and saw (too close) Hillmans Highway slide with skiers in the gully, was close by practicing some climbing techniques and when you hear people screaming, your given an avy probe to look for bodies, the risk level drops a bit.... (turns out noboby was in the slide by some miracle)
I will just say, I learned some stuff from this event.
watch avi report and listen to rangers.. I saw that while most skiers don't head up in these conditions, more than you think would - do and their presence high in these gullies creates avalanches. Its an odd year, I think people are used to april being stable snow, etc... not so.......
There could have easily been 5+ people killed this past sat from the hillmans slide.
personally, I made a poor choice going as high I as did in another gully - and then made a smart choice in realizing this obvious mistake and getting out of there while I was still alive.
I think its easy to get caught up in the "the sun is out, there are people up there, it doesn't look too bad, I can probably sneak up", mentality. I did on sat.
Wrong answer.
not saying bail on this by any means, just - yea - there is lots of snow and its not a normal april.
