Found - Monday, Oct 26, 2015
All of the recent chatter about Hawthone Falls on the forum...I can't stay away....
A few hundred feet above Hawthorne Falls heading to the ridge. Doesn't seem like it has been there for too long (or has it been there for years??)... If you lost it on this epic...
Found a pair of sunglasses heading up to Vose Spur yesterday, before the talus field.
Didn't look like they have been there too long.
If you lost a pair contact Brian at [email protected] with the color and brand name and I'll send them back to you.
Mount Carrigain
Sawyer River Road / Signal Ridge Trail
Date of Hike: 04/12/2014 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: Sawyer River Road packed in and still covered with snow/ice. Signal Ridge Trail was slow and steady with plenty of snow. Water crossings are back, snow bridges are gone. Some...
Bondcliff
Lincoln Woods Trail / Bondcliff Trail
Date of Hike: 03/15/2014 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: After the big storm this past week, thought there would be lots of new snow on the trail and there was. Lincoln Woods packed in, Bondcliff was a different story, started getting substantial...
Mount Washington
Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail / Crawford Path / Trinity Heights Connector / Gulfside Trail / Jewell Trail
Date of Hike: 03/08/2014 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: All trails were nicely packed in from the start at Cog RR to the summit and back. Typical icy sections on Ammonoosuc were...
Mount Adams (and John Quincy Adams)
Air Line (up) - Air Line / Gulfside Trail / Valley Way (down)
Date of Hike: 03/01/2014 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: Air Line packed in until about a mile below treeline, then 3-6 inches of loose snow (threw on snowshoes until Airline Cutoff)...Air Line...
Mount Jefferson
Air Line / Short Line / Randolph Path / Israel Ridge Path / Gulfside Trail / Jefferson Loop (same way back)
Date of Hike: 02/22/2014 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: Had to throw on snowshoes almost from the start, Randolph got very deep in sections...above treeline was a thin...
Bondcliff
Lincoln Woods Trail / Bondcliff Trail
Date of Hike: 02/17/2014 (Monday)
Trail Conditions: Lincoln Woods broken in, Bondcliff became an unbroken, deep snow route at higher elevations...
Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes.
Comments: Lots of sun and blue skies all day...
Mount Garfield
Gale River Loop Road / Garfield Trail
Date of Hike: 02/08/2014 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: Road and the trail still have lots of nice snow. Trail was broken in, but still plenty of snow to snowshoe or bare boot based on personal preference. At least one guy skinned up and...
Mount Washington to Lion Head
Tuckerman Ravine Trail / Lion Head Winter Route
Date of Hike: 01/31/2014 (Friday)
Trail Conditions: All trails had a nice layer of compacted snow below tree line. A fixed knotted line is anchored at a steep section of the trail. Looks like another fixed line...
Mount Lincoln / Mount Lafayette
Falling Waters Trail / Franconia Ridge Trail / Greenleaf Trail / Old Bridle Path
Date of Hike: 01/18/2014 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: All trails broken in with boot prints. All water crossings were wet, but manageable. Majority of ridge line has a nice...
Mount Madison
Air Line Trail / Air Line Cutoff / Madison Hut / Osgood Trail / Mount Madison / Osgood Trail / Valley Way
Date of Hike: 01/04/2014 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: Air Line was broken in with boot prints, Valley Way broken in with boots and snowshoes, no traction was needed, but...
Mount Jefferson (Attempt)
Castle Trail / Israel Ridge Path / Castle Ravine Trail (turn around at 4400 feet) / Emerald Trail / Israel Ridge Path / The Link (briefly, to check out the flat ledge at top of First Cascade) / Israel Ridge Path / Castle Trail
Date of Hike: 01/01/2014 (Wednesday)...
Mount Adams
Air Line Trail / Star Lake Trail (turned back 50-100 feet from summit due to dangerous winds) / Valley Way
Date of Hike: 12/28/2013 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: Air Line and Valley Way had light dusting of fresh snow over base of snow/ice with some steep exposed sections of ice...
Mount Washington
Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail / Crawford Path / Mount Washington / Trinity Heights Connector / Gulfside Trail / Jewell Trail
Date of Hike: 12/14/2013 (Saturday)
Trail Conditions: Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail - serious sections of steep ice from approximately 4,000 feet elevation to Lake...
Mount Washington
Tuckerman Ravine Trail / Fire Road to Harvard Cabin / Huntington Ravine Trail / Off-Trail towards Central Gully
Date of Hike: 12/13/2013
Trail Conditions: A few inches of snow on Tuckerman Ravine Trail (no traction needed), breaking trail in 3-6 inches of fresh snow on Fire...
North Twin / South Twin
Haystack Road / North Twin Trail (with herd path) / North Twin Spur
Date of Hike: 12/07/2013
Trail Conditions: Road was clear, no significant ice until after last crossing of Little River on North Twin Trail (which took some time to find a decent spot to cross) , hard...
Date: 11/28/2013
Trail Conditions: Two to three inches of snow at lower elevation above a semi-solid base of ice. The trail is very icy for about 1/4 mile after Greenleaf Hut. Approach to summit mixture of rocks, ice and snow, but very manageable.
Special Equipment Required: Trekking poles...