Heartbreaking moment skier Dominic Torro causes an avalanche and suffers life-threatening injuries while skiing down ‘Airplane Gully’

This is the heartbreaking moment a skier slid down ‘Airplane Gully’ on Mount Washington and caused an avalanche.

Dominic Torro, 30, was skiing Saturday morning when an avalanche rushed down the mountain, taking him away.

Torro was on the mountain with a friend around 11:35 a.m. when the freak accident occurred, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

His current condition is unknown, but he reportedly suffered a serious lower leg injury.

It wasn’t the backcountry skier’s first time visiting ‘Airplane Gully’ as he also captured himself skiing the steep mountain in 2022.

Torro pictured with his girlfriend Veronica in December 2022

In the latest video, released by the Mount Washington Avalanche Center, Torro is initially seen making his journey down the mountain from a distance before the footage changes to a GoPro recording of the terrifying moment.

He begins to push himself across the soft white snow with his ski poles as he makes a small turn and heads down.

In the span of four seconds, a giant chunk of snow starts following him down the slope and he quickly loses control and goes ‘Woah!’.

Torro tries to brace himself, holding on to the patch of snow as more falls from the side of the mountain, blocking his view.

He then disappears in a cloud of white snow as his speed increases down the hill.

A blurry view of the mountain peaks peaks through the camera before Torro makes a hard landing at the end of the music video.

His friend and another skier helped him and called 911. At 3:19 p.m., the National Guard helicopter crew located the injured man and lowered a medic to reach him. He was then flown to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.

“Concerns about specific and necessary medical action rose to the level of a concerted call being made to a highly experienced backcountry paramedic to provide medical guidance to the two skiers who were rendering aid,” said Sgt. said Glen Lucas with the Fish and Game Department.

In the hours the skiers waited for the rescue team, they managed to shovel away a patch of snow on the side slope, giving paramedics enough room to rescue Torro.

Torro began his journey pushing along the soft white snow with his ski poles and making a gentle turn

Torro was rescued at 3:19 p.m. by the National Guard helicopter crew, who found him and lowered a medic to gain access to him. He was then flown to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Mount Washington is located in New Hampshire and, at an altitude of 2,000 meters, is the highest peak in the northeastern United States.

The big mountain is known for its sporadic weather conditions, but the Mount Washington Avalanche Center said it is “currently in a general advisory period” and “not yet in a daily 5-scale avalanche hazard rating.”

“No hazard rating does not mean there is no hazard,” the center added.

The name “Airplane Gully” came from a plane crash in 1959 when three AD-6 Skyraiders took off from Moffett Field on a training flight.

The trio of planes flew up the Yosemite Valley before climbing to the top of Tanaya Canyon.

Once they realized they had entered a “blind canyon,” each plane decided to make a 180-degree turn to the left.

The pilots of two of the scraped planes completed the turns. But one pilot hit the canyon wall with his right wing before the plane flew into a steep embankment and exploded.

Torro is an avid skier who regularly posts his adventures on social media

Mount Washington is located in New Hampshire and, at 6,000 feet, is the highest peak in the northeastern United States

Torro’s friend and the other skier who helped him decided to ski down the mountain on their own after he was rescued.

The plane landed at the bottom of the trench and it was not until 1970 that the crews decided to remove the plane.

Torro’s friend and the other skier who helped him decided to ski down the mountain on their own after he was rescued.

Officials said they reached their vehicles safely.

Avalanches are thick clouds of snow that rush down from mountain peaks at extremely high speeds Mount Washington Avalanche Centeran average of 25 people per year ‘need rescue assistance’.

“Remember, you determine your own level of risk by choosing when, how and where you travel in the mountains,” the center added.