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March 23, 2023
Hi Folks,
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!
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20230323/standardRoute.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20230323/dracula.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20230323/Frankenstein_right.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20230323/cinema.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20230323/MtWillard.jpg
Full Conditions Report
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...
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:
http://www.neclimbs.com/mobile
Check it out and if you have issues on your specific phone, please feel free to let me know.
Join us and LIKE us on Facebook. I'll try and post interesting pix every Thursday and the latest Ice Report in the season, tho certainly not the whole Report. Here's where you can check it out:
http://www.facebook.com/NEClimbs/
Remember - climb hard, ride the steep stuff, stay safe and above all BE NICE,
Al Hospers
The White Mountain Report
North Conway, New Hampshire
| I had great times leading at Devil's Lake, where the ground was never too far away, and hard to miss if you should happen to fall to it. |
| Andy Cairns |
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