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September 18, 2025
Hi Folks,
YES, I've said this many times over the past few weeks - IT'S DRY!!! I looked at the Saco when I was in Crawford Notch today and it was pretty nuts. No way someone was going to be able to kayak the upper Saco, at least down to Bartlett. The stream running alongside Jefferson Notch Rd was as low as I've ever seen it, and both of the cascades in the Notch were bone dry!
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250918/FlumeCascade.JPG
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250918/silverCascade.JPG
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250918/JeffersonNotch.JPG
PS I will be back doing the winter Ice Report again this year. I think it's my 25th year and I'm looking forward to it. Stay tuned folks...
Friday I'll be playing at Big Day Brewing in Gorham with the Jim McLaughlin Group. It will be great fun. Not sure if we'll be inside or out. If we're outside it will likely be one of the last times this season.
If you are interested in what else is coming up with me musically, you can always see my schedule here: http://www.alhospers.com/?PageName=2
All the trails are in excellent shape now, tho quite dusty. I rode Jefferson Notch Road and a few other things today and when cars went by me it was pretty annoying. Otherwise it was good fun.
Up on one of the Mount Washington Valley's finest crags and want to know what that climb you're looking at is? Or maybe you're on your way up from Boston and want to check out the Ice Report for your upcoming weekend plans. Or more likely, you're at work just want to daydream about your next adventure. Well if you have a smart phone handy, you can get to NEClimbs from anywhere you have cell service. While it doesn't offer every single feature of the site and it's not an "app", in mobile form, it does do a whole lot and is very useful. Here is the live link to the mobile version of NEClimbs:
http://www.neclimbs.com/mobile
Check it out and if you have issues on your specific phone, please feel free to let me know.
Join us and LIKE us on Facebook. I'll try and post interesting pix every Thursday and the latest Ice Report in the season, tho certainly not the whole Report. Here's where you can check it out:
http://www.facebook.com/NEClimbs/
Remember - climb hard, ride the steep stuff, stay safe and above all BE NICE,
Al Hospers
The White Mountain Report
North Conway, New Hampshire
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