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There are some dark clouds up Valley today and I can't see Mt Washington. That said, the weather pundits are saying that there is apparently as much as ~3" of snow on the summit! There's even snow on the top of Killington. [YIKES] So is it time to get out the rock skis?
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ALPINIST MICHAEL GARDNER RIP:
Unfortunately he died in a fall attempting a new route on Jannu East’s immense North Face. I had only distantly heard of him. He was often spoken of as one of our top alpinists!
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
THE RUTH (GORGE):
When you say "The Ruth", everyone who knows Alaska or has any interest in climbing knows exactly what you mean. Tho when you see pictures of it, you might think that it's alpine valley in between some pretty major mountains. Recently a group of scientists have been working to quantify just how deep the gorge beneath the glacier is. Here's a pretty cool article about it...
MUSICAL NOTES:
I'm at the Majestic Cafe on Friday evening (10/11) with two very close and very musical friends; Jarrod Taylor on guitar and Craig Bryan on Drums. I play with these gentlemen pretty regularly in a wide variety of formats, but we don't often play trio gigs so this will be fun. The chosen tune choices range from ones by Billy Cobham to Stevie Ray Vaughn to Pat Metheny and as ever Carla Bley. The show starts at 7 and reservations are recommended.
BTW put November 3rd in your calendar. I'll be throwing a crazy big 77th birthday party at Tuckerman Brewing in Conway Village. My band will be playing, and we're bringing along a bunch of special guests. DON'T MISS IT...
VALLEY CYCLING:
Cross country trails are still in great shape PLUS there are 3 more days of downhill left at Cranmore. get it while you can folks...
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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