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Put A Fork In It my friends. It's almost time to move on to black flies and mud. Am I happy about it, hardly. But that seems to be the reality of our situation right now. [shrug] Just keep an open eye for the possibility of any leftover ice above you, and think about dry granite on places like the South Buttress and Humphreys.
Here are 2 pics of Black Pudding Gully. One of me following it on 3/2/2022 and a second of me leading it from last year on 3/16/2023. That said, within a week the ice was either mostly gone, or well on the way. [sigh]
BTW, when I mention mud, I really mean it! I don't think we haven't had a real mud season in quite some time, but it is happening now! Trails are muddy and already many roads are closed or marked for load limits. Day before yesterday I was going past one of the farm houses kind of across from the Marshall area and someone's car was up to their axels in mud. Pretty clearly they were going to need a tow truck to get them out. Be very careful about where you try to drive right now.
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
Of course the usual pictures will be on NEClimbs.com and FaceBook if available.
VALLEY CYCLING:
It's certainly not a good time to ride anywhere other than possibly on some snowmobile trails early in the morning or at night. It is just too soft right now. And even when the snow is gone, give the trails time to dry out so you don't make a mess of them. ThnX...
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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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