Mt Washington, Saturday 3/5

A spectacular day to be on the Rockpile. Up and down via the Lion Head winter route. We wore spikes as far as the first aid cache, crampons from there to the summit and back, then back to spikes.













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Jonathan

Great Shots. How much of an issue with the reported significant ice on the trails from the previous weekend?. Was the recent snow consolidated enough on top of the ice to provide traction?.

I was quite surprise on my Sunday Carrigan hike that ice was non issue.

peakbagger said:

Great Shots. How much of an issue with the reported significant ice on the trails from the previous weekend?. Was the recent snow consolidated enough on top of the ice to provide traction?.

I was quite surprise on my Sunday Carrigan hike that ice was non issue.

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Thank you! I would agree, ice was a non-issue this past weekend. We were much relieved, after a somewhat treacherous trip over the Carters the weekend before. A bit of new snow has made all the difference. We could have safely switched back to spikes after reaching the upper junction with the Lion Head summer route. Our crampons took some abuse on the thinner sections, but dug in better in spots where the snow was deeper.

Thanks, I bet that will be relief for many folks, of course given this weeks forecast who know what it will be like on Saturday

Fantastic pictures and congrat's on your hike!