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MORE RAIN? Can you believe it? I almost can't
believe it myself. Wednesday's rain event dropped almost 3 1/4
inches of rain here in North Conway. This month alone we've already
had well over 6 inches. While not a record, it's pretty darn close.
I haven't seen anything like it in the 6 years I've been up here.
The south side of West Side Road was closed for several hours this
morning due to the Saco flooding, and the north side at the First
Bridge near town was even closed for a while.
I was up at Lake Willoughby on Tuesday. We couldn't have picked
a better day to climb: no wind, temps just at freezing, and totally
bluebird skies. All in all a super day. Amazingly enough we were
the only people at the cliff the entire day. We decided to do 20
Below Zero and had to pound through knee and waist deep snow to
get up to the climb. Well at least it got us warmed up! <grin> We
got a late start so it was running water over Dave on first pitch.
He belayed a little to the right, and it turned out to be in a
waterfall. I took the second pitch and definitely got rained on
as well. Still it was a near-perfect day. Afterward we plowed across
to the Tablets. They were in fat and even Crazy Diamond was in
good shape! A ride up the road showed that the bottom of the Gentleman
and Promenade were thin. Overall there is plenty of ice to be found
up there and I would say that this last rain hasn't killed it off
all that much.
Selected Ice Conditions effective January 16, 2020
These pictures and today's Report is actually from 1/15, Wednesday. I knew it was going to be snowing almost all day today and I would not be able to take any pictures, so I went up to the Notch yesterday, figuring that 24 hours would make very little difference. I was pleasantly surprised at how much ice survived the 3 days of record temps and rain. In spite of everything the weather threw at us, there is still ice to climb and while the Frankenstein Amphitheater looks even worse, there are still options. This is a time to be cautious due to possible delamination, but if you want to get out and climb, you can. Just be aware that the next several days will be VERY cold, so dress appropriately and beware of what will likely be some very brittle ice.
Huntington Ravine
options - beware avalanche danger
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
OK but top is a mess again
Dracula
kind of OK but top out bad!
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