In spring, however, the winds blow snow from the plateau below the summit into the ravine. The snowpacks and avalanche danger are reduced. It's important that they know it's not a winter ski area. May. Before then, the avalanche danger is greater. Spring skiing may start a couple of weeks sooner and continue past Memorial Day.
Accidents still happen.
Burbank said the ravine averages one fatality per season. Hikers and skiers have fallen to their deaths in crevasses or been killed by falling ice. When the weather obliges, people bring picnic lunches and spend afternoons skiing or sledding down the 800-foot walls of the ravine. The upper slopes offer some of the most macho skiing in the Northeast and are recommended for experts and intermediates. The lower slopes are better for intermediates.