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Thanksgiving 2012 and WOW, it's been a heck of a day - sunny, almost 50 degrees, spending time with my wife and son, a fun Notch drive with the dog, a great mountain bike ride up by the Moats, an incredible turkey dinner made by my wonderful wife and now a great Patriots/Jets football game. For me this is close to perfection as I could ask for, in spite of no ice. I know that I personally have so much to be thankful for and I can only hope that each of you all had as good a day as I've had.
The only downside of this Thanksgiving is the almost complete lack of ice. When I rode up into the Notch this morning sure, there were dribs and drabs, but there was nothing climbable. I looked up into Shoestring and it was so dry there is no way I would go up in there. There was ice drool on Standard Route and Dracula, but IMO nothing worth even walking up there to look at closely. It's been cold at night, but with temps in the 40's during the day we need some snow to make things happen. And the only snow I've seen right now is the man-made stuff at Bretton Woods.
There have been a few folks making the pilgrimage up into Huntington or even Kings Ravine, but even that's sparse. Everyone I know have been taking advantage of this weather to climb rock wherever it's sunny. Last Friday I climbed the first 4 pitches of the Magness/Cormier Route on Whitehorse, the next day a crew was at Humphrey's on Wanderlust, people have done stuff on the End Of Days Crag and even Hugo's Horror on Willard. I hate being the bearer of bad news, and I know there's going to be ice soon, it's just not here now. So I'm grateful for the ability to get on rock and ride my bike. Oh yeah, for what it's worth the mountain bike trails are in really great shape right now. Grab 'em while you can!
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Ice Conditions Report:
Selected Ice Conditions effective March 21, 2024
I can't actually say that there is nothing out there that can't be climbed. That would be foolish. But for the average, or a little above average climber, that's probably correct. That said, I did hear that there is climbable ice on Parasol in Dixville Notch. Not sure how that will be after we get a foot of heavy wet snow on Saturday. Regardless, here's a few pix I took today just to document things.
Huntington Ravine
AVALANCHE
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
OUT
Dracula
OUT
For the full current conditions report, CLICK
HERE
Check the web site for additional pix. Hang in there folks, it's gonna come soon…
20th Anniversary Mt. Washington Valley Ice Festival:
Believe it or not, you should be putting Ice Fest 2012 on your calendar. This year it's this February 1-3. Plans are already afoot and you can read about them here - http://icefest.blogspot.com/. If I were you I'd get your hotel accommodations in place 'cause this is going to be a big one!
Mobile Version Of NEClimbs:
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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Remember - climb hard, ride the steep stuff, stay safe and above all BE NICE,
Al Hospers
The White Mountain Report
North Conway, New Hampshire
When the slab cut loose, my mind calculated trajectories, analyzed terrain, and fed me its conclusions: no way out, you are going to die. This conclusion seemed to free me to experience the fall. Tumbling, catching air, then the loudest sound I've ever heard - probably the sound of both legs breaking or how to get hit by a Mack truck.
Climbing is a very dangerous sport. You can get hurt or even kill yourself. When you go climbing, you do so of your own free will. Everything on this site is to be taken with a grain of salt. Don't blame us if you get up some totally heinous route, in over your head and fall and hurt yourself.
