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A foggy day in Crawford Notch (town)
It had me low and had me down
I viewed the morning with much alarm
Standard and Dropline had lost their charm
How long, I wondered, could this ice last?
Etc, etc...
(with credit to George and Ira Gershwin)
Needless to say I don't definitively know the answer, nobody does. But based on observational data it sure is going fast. And before we know it, all the climbable ice will be in the upper elevations. While it hasn't been a great ice season, there has been stuff to climb. that said you better get what you can, while you can!
Ice Conditions Report:
Selected Ice Conditions effective December 19, 2025
Friday December 19 at 3:40 - it's 52 degrees and raining1 Almost all of the snow is already off my roof. It's supposed to go below freezing overnight, but get back above 32 during Saturday. You may want to seriously consider giving things a few days to recover. Just sayin...
Huntington Ravine
OK
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
IN
Dracula
IN, mostly
For the full current conditions report, CLICK
HERE
VALLEY CYCLING:
There have been places where you could ride, in spite of warming temps. These mainly packed snowmobile trails and some ski trails. However, they are all fading fast. The best time to ride is later at night and in the early morning as it's still generally below freezing at night. If you are out and you find yourself sinking more than ~ 1/2", please do call it as you'll make a mess. In places where the snow is gone the trail is assuredly going to be muddy, and this is not a good place to ride. The ruts you put in a trail in the very early season likely will be there in the fall! Just sayin...
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:
Check it out and if you have issues on your specific phone, please feel free to let me know.
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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 I began climbing, the rope symbolized trust. Sport climbing turned the rope into 60 meters of vague social contract. Ice and alpine routes reminded me why the rope is a sacred climbing icon; it signifies the unbreakable bond between partners.
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.
