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Sure was a great winter to be on the trails..
Back in November, ValC mentioned to me that she was going to give the Single Season Winter a go this year. Several in our regular hiking group, Rocket, Eric, Tim C, Larisa, Bryan, Cynthia, myself had managed to accomplish this in years past and were aimed at trying for it again..usually Val's work load got in the way of joining on some crucial hike here or there
We ended up hiking alot together this summer and fall as Tim C got more and more into the trail running/endurance racing thing. It only made sense to keep it going through the winter so on
12/22 the game began on a hardpacked and icy trek to the Osceolas
12/23 a real taste of winter on Moosilauke
then Santa Claus came to town which kept us off trails
12/26 back at it on a cold windy day to Garfield with Bryan and Cynthia
12/27 fast track and decent butt slides on the Hancocks with Ali
12/29 bringing the banner with Larisa and Toby to Tecumseh
12/30 a banner hike to the Kinsmans with Larisa, Tim C and Toby
12/31 kind of a dank day on Cabot..used the Mount Cabot Trail which was fine
1/1 Happy New Year!!!! great day on the Carters with Ali
1/3 Nice snowy day on the FireWardens trail to Hale with TimC and Cynthia, no Valerie
1/7 great day and one of the easier gets of the Bonds/ Zealand ever with Old Man Ed, Eric, and Sabrina
1/10 ho hum day to Waumbek..supposed to be a rainy day but wasn't .. nice piece of pizza though (roni)
1/14 time for Owls Head..bitter cold day..my pack actually froze.. not much snow on Black Pond but broke out Brutus (traditional) in
some knee deep snow.. sure was easier going down. minus 15 on the ridge with a breeze. excellent day with Ali and Cynthia
1/15 what the heck, lets get 2. Still cold but a fast track to Passaconaway and Whiteface
1/21 Liberty and Flume..massive snowdrifts near the summit of Flume made this day memorable
1/22 met up with Sarah and Hannah for Pierce and Eisenhower on a gorgeous day..Valerie missed this one
1/23 Only crazy people driving or hiking today..so of course Mark, Bryan, and Cynthia did Cannon..some serious windblown sleet
1/24 vacation week so hiking every day..nasty day so soloed Jackson. running water down all the trails after heavy rain during the night,,crazy at the crossings...didnt see anyone...huh
1/25 Cloudy day on the summit of Moriah but good in the woods..terrific Ham salad sandwich at Moes
1/26 Rock and Rolled Carrigain (6:15) on a fast track perfect day..very clear no wind
2/4 Memorable hike to the Twins and Galehead with TimC and Bryan. Met up with and was totally amazed by Quinn and Randy. Great
to spend the day with Justin, Bob and Geri, Mike and Geena..what a great day and story
2/5 gorgeous day on the Wildcats with Tim C, Ali and Toby..i think Valerie finished a round here
2/7 fun day on the romp through the glades to Isolation with Sarah and Hannah..great conditions
2/11 challenging day on Franconia Ridge..fairly warm with little wind but the flat light in the fog made for an interesting day. Some
pretty good ice at times as well. Ran into Paradox on his w47
2/12 colder than Owls head day.. Tom Field Willey the choice..fluffy snow made some deep drifts but the big story today was the bone
chilling cold. Ali joined us, we did not linger anywhere..Ran into Rocket, Jeb, Karen and Dave along the way
2/18 excellent day on Pine Bend Brook Trail to the Triypramids. nice soft snowshoe track...a blast..at least on descent..that ravine is
one steep place to climb out of in unconsolidated snow!!!
2/19 back to Jackson and Pierce with Valerie ..deep fluffy snow here made for some fun..aborted Eisenhower due to winds and visibility
2/21 going Presi.. Ed called it but we got a later start..almost caught them at Monroe. Icy on the north side of Washington.
trip back from Jefferson and down Jewel got interesting with high winds (40+) and blowing snow..excellent day out with TimC
2/26 cold and windy day..very excellent on Garfield..ran into Jeremy, Jeb, Tim L, Karen and Dave..great conditions
2/29 leap year day..excellent conditions for southerns. Eisenhower, Pierce, and Jackson on wonderful snowshoe track. very nice
day out with Tim C and Tim L
3/2 is it..isn't it.. presi day? we pushed the envelope on this one. A foot or so fresh snow made for some tough work. Pleased to
have Jeremy and Tim C along on this day. Once to the hut we headed for Adams hoping the cloud would clear..which it never
did.. tough visibility with some breeze up Airline to the summit. Jeremy hit the route perfect. We did not linger and by the
time back to Gulfside we were happy but heavily coated with Rime. Back to the hut..slightly better visibility. The ascent to Madison
went well ..there were even a couple of breaks of blue and big yellow orbs in the sky and we lingered a bit where Sabrina
finished her W48 list and Valerie and I finished out Single SeasonW48 list. Yippee..We flew back to the car on the great soft
packed out trail..excellent
but wait...there's a little more
3/3 Jackson,,Sabrina and Pemi..and Valerie for the third time this winter (my 4th)..what is wrong with us
3/4 what the heck..Field Willey and Tom with Sabrina and Pemi..snowpack building with some great views
3/5 had Wildcat A hanging out there due to aborted big snow trip last year..gorgeous day..that slide gives me the heebees
3/6 another stellar day on Carrigain..perfect track..beat previous time (6:13) very windy on tower
3/8 what the Hale...heat wave 60 plus..interesting side hill..great day saw Carl's group coming out of the hut
3/11 double hit and run..Waumbek in the morning. We were left gasping for air as Larisa, Rob, Tim C set the pace for the ssw48
finish of Larisa and the banner..Rocking it hard.. so why not..we hit Tecumseh on the way home
3/17 presi day..awesome day out with everyone in the world it seemed on Adams!!! wow..congrats to Ali for finishing her NH48
and for Kevin for finishing his W48 on Madison later on.... Great to see Kim, Gwen, Earl and Sue and seriously dozens of other
folks out
3/18 and the beat goes on..summer continues in the Whites. Met up with Jeremy in the parking lot. Great hike to Cannon on a
really fantastic weather day. Very warm..very sunny. Here on Cannon Val C and I finished our 2011-2012 SSW48 as a team.
Thanks Valerie..it was quite and amazing year. It has been my pleasure. Thanks to Jeremy, Tim C and Ali for joining us on
this hike.
And seriously thanks to the group of friends who shared and succeeded with this unique winter challenge along the way..
Valerie, Tim C, Jeremy, Cynthia (2 rounds)..please.. Bryan..(SSW67)..seriously. Larisa, Tim L, all single season finishers, and to Ali, Kevin, Sabrina who finished their own goals as well...quite a journey. Third single season on the new knee...guess I will be going for 4..
some meagre pics...Valerie has the best ones
http://www.flickr.com/photos/silverfox777/sets/72157629115443695/
Back in November, ValC mentioned to me that she was going to give the Single Season Winter a go this year. Several in our regular hiking group, Rocket, Eric, Tim C, Larisa, Bryan, Cynthia, myself had managed to accomplish this in years past and were aimed at trying for it again..usually Val's work load got in the way of joining on some crucial hike here or there
We ended up hiking alot together this summer and fall as Tim C got more and more into the trail running/endurance racing thing. It only made sense to keep it going through the winter so on
12/22 the game began on a hardpacked and icy trek to the Osceolas
12/23 a real taste of winter on Moosilauke
then Santa Claus came to town which kept us off trails
12/26 back at it on a cold windy day to Garfield with Bryan and Cynthia
12/27 fast track and decent butt slides on the Hancocks with Ali
12/29 bringing the banner with Larisa and Toby to Tecumseh
12/30 a banner hike to the Kinsmans with Larisa, Tim C and Toby
12/31 kind of a dank day on Cabot..used the Mount Cabot Trail which was fine
1/1 Happy New Year!!!! great day on the Carters with Ali
1/3 Nice snowy day on the FireWardens trail to Hale with TimC and Cynthia, no Valerie
1/7 great day and one of the easier gets of the Bonds/ Zealand ever with Old Man Ed, Eric, and Sabrina
1/10 ho hum day to Waumbek..supposed to be a rainy day but wasn't .. nice piece of pizza though (roni)
1/14 time for Owls Head..bitter cold day..my pack actually froze.. not much snow on Black Pond but broke out Brutus (traditional) in
some knee deep snow.. sure was easier going down. minus 15 on the ridge with a breeze. excellent day with Ali and Cynthia
1/15 what the heck, lets get 2. Still cold but a fast track to Passaconaway and Whiteface
1/21 Liberty and Flume..massive snowdrifts near the summit of Flume made this day memorable
1/22 met up with Sarah and Hannah for Pierce and Eisenhower on a gorgeous day..Valerie missed this one
1/23 Only crazy people driving or hiking today..so of course Mark, Bryan, and Cynthia did Cannon..some serious windblown sleet
1/24 vacation week so hiking every day..nasty day so soloed Jackson. running water down all the trails after heavy rain during the night,,crazy at the crossings...didnt see anyone...huh
1/25 Cloudy day on the summit of Moriah but good in the woods..terrific Ham salad sandwich at Moes
1/26 Rock and Rolled Carrigain (6:15) on a fast track perfect day..very clear no wind
2/4 Memorable hike to the Twins and Galehead with TimC and Bryan. Met up with and was totally amazed by Quinn and Randy. Great
to spend the day with Justin, Bob and Geri, Mike and Geena..what a great day and story
2/5 gorgeous day on the Wildcats with Tim C, Ali and Toby..i think Valerie finished a round here
2/7 fun day on the romp through the glades to Isolation with Sarah and Hannah..great conditions
2/11 challenging day on Franconia Ridge..fairly warm with little wind but the flat light in the fog made for an interesting day. Some
pretty good ice at times as well. Ran into Paradox on his w47
2/12 colder than Owls head day.. Tom Field Willey the choice..fluffy snow made some deep drifts but the big story today was the bone
chilling cold. Ali joined us, we did not linger anywhere..Ran into Rocket, Jeb, Karen and Dave along the way
2/18 excellent day on Pine Bend Brook Trail to the Triypramids. nice soft snowshoe track...a blast..at least on descent..that ravine is
one steep place to climb out of in unconsolidated snow!!!
2/19 back to Jackson and Pierce with Valerie ..deep fluffy snow here made for some fun..aborted Eisenhower due to winds and visibility
2/21 going Presi.. Ed called it but we got a later start..almost caught them at Monroe. Icy on the north side of Washington.
trip back from Jefferson and down Jewel got interesting with high winds (40+) and blowing snow..excellent day out with TimC
2/26 cold and windy day..very excellent on Garfield..ran into Jeremy, Jeb, Tim L, Karen and Dave..great conditions
2/29 leap year day..excellent conditions for southerns. Eisenhower, Pierce, and Jackson on wonderful snowshoe track. very nice
day out with Tim C and Tim L
3/2 is it..isn't it.. presi day? we pushed the envelope on this one. A foot or so fresh snow made for some tough work. Pleased to
have Jeremy and Tim C along on this day. Once to the hut we headed for Adams hoping the cloud would clear..which it never
did.. tough visibility with some breeze up Airline to the summit. Jeremy hit the route perfect. We did not linger and by the
time back to Gulfside we were happy but heavily coated with Rime. Back to the hut..slightly better visibility. The ascent to Madison
went well ..there were even a couple of breaks of blue and big yellow orbs in the sky and we lingered a bit where Sabrina
finished her W48 list and Valerie and I finished out Single SeasonW48 list. Yippee..We flew back to the car on the great soft
packed out trail..excellent
but wait...there's a little more
3/3 Jackson,,Sabrina and Pemi..and Valerie for the third time this winter (my 4th)..what is wrong with us
3/4 what the heck..Field Willey and Tom with Sabrina and Pemi..snowpack building with some great views
3/5 had Wildcat A hanging out there due to aborted big snow trip last year..gorgeous day..that slide gives me the heebees
3/6 another stellar day on Carrigain..perfect track..beat previous time (6:13) very windy on tower
3/8 what the Hale...heat wave 60 plus..interesting side hill..great day saw Carl's group coming out of the hut
3/11 double hit and run..Waumbek in the morning. We were left gasping for air as Larisa, Rob, Tim C set the pace for the ssw48
finish of Larisa and the banner..Rocking it hard.. so why not..we hit Tecumseh on the way home
3/17 presi day..awesome day out with everyone in the world it seemed on Adams!!! wow..congrats to Ali for finishing her NH48
and for Kevin for finishing his W48 on Madison later on.... Great to see Kim, Gwen, Earl and Sue and seriously dozens of other
folks out
3/18 and the beat goes on..summer continues in the Whites. Met up with Jeremy in the parking lot. Great hike to Cannon on a
really fantastic weather day. Very warm..very sunny. Here on Cannon Val C and I finished our 2011-2012 SSW48 as a team.
Thanks Valerie..it was quite and amazing year. It has been my pleasure. Thanks to Jeremy, Tim C and Ali for joining us on
this hike.
And seriously thanks to the group of friends who shared and succeeded with this unique winter challenge along the way..
Valerie, Tim C, Jeremy, Cynthia (2 rounds)..please.. Bryan..(SSW67)..seriously. Larisa, Tim L, all single season finishers, and to Ali, Kevin, Sabrina who finished their own goals as well...quite a journey. Third single season on the new knee...guess I will be going for 4..
some meagre pics...Valerie has the best ones
http://www.flickr.com/photos/silverfox777/sets/72157629115443695/
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