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Let it snow, snow, snow... And it has. So in a little more than 10 days we've had 3 big storms come through, dropping a pant-load of white stuff. Tho the Valley itself seemed to dodge the proverbial bullet this time around, everywhere around us got pretty clobbered. I measured a paltry 5" here by the Ledge, while Madison apparently got close to 2' and even Stark Road in Center Conway got 18! Go figure.
All this snow has made getting around a hassle PLUS even on the normal trade-routes there is snow that can present problems. One might not think that Smugglers Notch in Vermont would avalanche, but it did on Wednesday! If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. Heck, I've seen an avalanche on the ledge at the start of Thresher and another on Cinema!
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
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Of course the regular Thursday ice pix are on NEClimbs.com and Facebook, but here are some of the other pix.
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Due to the amount of snow we've gotten in the past 10 days, there isn't anything of consequence to rider here in the Valley right now. Stay tuned...
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