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This is a really short Report this week. Not only isn't there a lot to write about, but we got hit with another snow storm on Tuesday night. This time it dumped a solid foot of the wet white stuff on the Valley, with a little less falling on Mt. Washington. I had hoped to get out to see the state of the ice and take some pictures on Wednesday. Unfortunately I ended up spending all day digging out and cleaning up from the storm.
This storm's total was also the final straw that forced me into shoveling the 5 feet of snow off my garage roof! That alone took 4 hours of backbreaking effort, and drove me to the chiropractor in the afternoon. Almost everyone I know has reached the point of having nowhere to put the snow that has accumulated. The snowbanks in my driveway are so tall that they have almost reached the point where my snow blower will no linger be able to throw it over the top! And speaking of over the top, we now have very close to 100 inches of snow accumulated so far. That puts us within 22 inches of surpassing the previous record annual snowfall, set in the mid-1800's. Pretty amazing, aye? No wonder I can no longer see out my office or living room windows! Unless the pattern changes I don't see any reason that we won't reach that record.
I'm guiding THursday, Friday and Saturday so I will be out there in the thick of it and will see how things are faring. I'll try and get an updated Report onto the web site Thursday or Friday night if I can. As of the weekend all the ice is in great shape. It's been cold all week except for Monday, so that's is unlikely to have changed. That said I'n not all that looking forward to tromping around in the woods with all this new snow, and there is more coming on Friday evening! Things were just finally getting packed down again, but now... There weren't a lot of folks out Wednesday, so it might be time to break out the snowshoes.
Ice Conditions Report:
Selected Ice Conditions effective February 26, 2026
The '26 ice season has been quite good. Sure there are places where it didn't really happen - Snot Rocket, Machine, etc. But the classics are all in and overall still in great shape. AND we didn't get one of those early-winter warm-up events that put a hard reset on the season. We are scheduled for a bit of a warmup through Sunday, and that should be a good thing. Frankly we need to get some flow happening for a refresh before it gets cold again. And it will. After all, it ain't spring yet!
Huntington Ravine
numerous options
Repentance
iffy
Standard Route
GREAT conditions
Dracula
very fat
For the full current conditions report, CLICK
HERE
Rick Wilcox Slideshow - March 7th:
The Natural History Center at Bristol County Agricultural High School is proud to host a slide show and talk By Rick Wilcox entitled “The Road to Everest”. All funds will be used to finance further events at the center. For more info -
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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:
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