Mt Washington Sat. 7/7/12, up Huntington Ravine/down Great Gulf

blaze · Jul 8, 2012

A few from our grand tour of Mount Washington.

climbing the fan

where we're going

dancing shoes

where we've been

gardening

sole man

adams and madison

spaulding lake

great gulf cascades

An outstanding, challenging day. Pass the Aleve, please? =)

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Bombadil · Jul 8, 2012

nice hike guys! 2 of my favorite trails for sure. and waaay cooler than my huntington/davis path traverse hike we overlapped on for a bit last summer.

The Unstrung Harp · Jul 9, 2012

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous...

dr_wu002 · Jul 9, 2012

Wow! That's quite a nice picture of Spaulding Lake! Looks more like a picture you'd expect to see of something out West. I've always seen pictures of Spaulding Lake from at the shore, never a bit above it. Nice job.

-Dr. Wu

akafuzzjones · Jul 9, 2012

Nice pictures - making me jealous since my girlfriend will be doing this on Sunday while I am on the Wildcats with some others.

Michael

bikehikeskifish · Jul 9, 2012

Very nice! And against conventional wisdom descending into the Great Gulf. I loved HR and would love to go back, but I want to get up the GG as well.

Tim

erugs · Jul 9, 2012

Agree with Dr. Wu about Spaulding. I've never actually seen it look so pretty.

blaze · Jul 9, 2012

Thank you to all for the kind comments!

erugs said:
Agree with Dr. Wu about Spaulding. I've never actually seen it look so pretty.

There is a large boulder on the uphill end of Spaulding Lake - it's a short bushwhack across the lake's inlet stream to reach it. Scramble up the boulder, as we did for the first time on our August 2006 backpack into the Great Gulf and over Mt Washington, and you'll be rewarded with an excellent view over the lake and down the Gulf.

One of our group lost some prescription sunglasses on Saturday, somewhere (we believe) on the Great Gulf Trail. If anyone finds them, please PM me... thanks!

TrishandAlex · Jul 9, 2012

Excellent! Great shots of the fan. Glad you had a good day out.

PETCH · Jul 9, 2012

Beautiful pics as always Blaze, nice job.

Was wondering if you were at Madison Hut Sunday, just before noon time? I noticed an SUV at Appalacia with a Scarborough licence plate trim plate, and thought that may have been yours. I think you were with your son.
We were the "Colorful" group sitting in the middle.

Pretty decent winds on the Northern peaks yesterday.

good stuff,

Petch

blaze · Jul 10, 2012

PETCH said:
Beautiful pics as always Blaze, nice job.

Was wondering if you were at Madison Hut Sunday, just before noon time? I noticed an SUV at Appalacia with a Scarborough licence plate trim plate, and thought that may have been yours. I think you were with your son.
We were the "Colorful" group sitting in the middle. Pretty decent winds on the Northern peaks yesterday.

good stuff,

Petch

No, that wasn't me!

jake L. · Jul 10, 2012

Wonderful photos and reporting! I've been looking forward to hiking the Huntington Ravine Trail and Great Gulf....hmmmm maybe Friday. Thanks!

ksearl · Jul 10, 2012

Wow, great report and pics! You did a great job with the picture of someone scrambling the rock! Looks scary and intimidating (in my humble opinion!). Love the shot of Spaulding Lake and Great Gulf Cascades too!

Karl

surf88 · Jul 10, 2012

Thanks for the HR pics I have never been up that route when when it wasnt white, and would like to do it this summer.
Great setup for the Spaulding Lake shot too. Its hard to pick up the context of a place like that in a picture. Nice!

Fisher Cat · Jul 12, 2012

I agree, great shot of Spaulding. Good lord to see that place 20 years ago and the amount of abuse it took from bootleg campsites right on the Lake. It was almost impossible to brush them back in. Thanks to the re-route of the trail years ago, it certainly made a bit of a difference. Well captured, thank you.

Tim Seaver · Jul 13, 2012

I'll pile on - love the shot of Spaulding Lake, it really conveys a sense of wildness. Great route as well!

una_dogger · Jul 13, 2012

blaze said:
Thank you to all for the kind comments!

There is a large boulder on the uphill end of Spaulding Lake - it's a short bushwhack across the lake's inlet stream to reach it. Scramble up the boulder, as we did for the first time on our August 2006 backpack into the Great Gulf and over Mt Washington, and you'll be rewarded with an excellent view over the lake and down the Gulf.

One of our group lost some prescription sunglasses on Saturday, somewhere (we believe) on the Great Gulf Trail. If anyone finds them, please PM me... thanks!

Thanks for this info -- a visit to Spaulding Lake is on my summer to do list

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