Huntington Ravine

Damnation Gully in Huntington Ravine combines long sections of steep snow with several technical ice steps. Water can remain pressurized behind an ice bulge, adding a hazard that cannot be assessed from the snow slope alone.

Odell's Gully in Huntington Ravine combines snow slopes with technical ice sections. It faces east to east-northeast and has multiple avalanche start zones. Its ice-climbing character does not remove the exposure to avalanches from snow accumulated within the route.

Central Gully in Huntington Ravine includes an ice bulge below the upper snow gully. The confined route offers few places to move clear of an avalanche, and a slide from above can carry a party over that ice step into the lower gully.

South Gully in Huntington Ravine has a consequential runout over a rock buttress toward trees below. On April 2, 2021, a skier lost an edge on firm snow, tumbled over the buttress and struck a tree. The gully's lower obstacles matter as much as the snow surface where you start.

Escape Hatch descends from Huntington Ravine's south rim and is an exit option after climbing in the ravine. MWAC notes that the gully itself can contain ice and avalanche hazards. Its name does not make it an unconditional retreat route; assess the descent before relying on it.

Diagonal Gully in Huntington Ravine runs above the Harvard Bulge, an ice cliff at the base of the route. The narrow gully gives a skier little room to move away from loose snow. Being carried by sluff can send you over the cliff, even when the debris is too shallow to bury someone.

For Harvard Cabin, leave the Tuckerman Ravine Trail at its signed Fire Road junction, 1.7 miles above Pinkham Notch. Follow the road for 0.3 miles to the avalanche information sign; the cabin is down a short spur on the right. The combined approach gains about 1,500 feet.