cbcbd
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Where: The rockpile
Who: Me and friends I hadn't seen in a while
Why: Bag the meanest, gnarliest peak of the East coast (you mainers stay out of this)
A friend visiting from WA state was up in N Conway to do some fun winter stuff, including finally bagging his home coast's highest peak... We did some ice climbing at Arethusa on the 27th (because we were lazy and got up late) and left the summit bid for the 28th.
My friend from WA actually got sick the previous day so it was another friend of mine from CT and his buddy going up. Let's call them Rick and Dan .
With 5" of new snow overnight we canned plans of going up the Tuckerman headwall because of avy concerns, so us and the rest of everyone else at Pinkham took the Lion's Head winter route, which was in pretty good conditions and got pretty packed.
Winds had been gusting in the 60s... getting above treeline, with the wind on our faces... Dan admitted that he had forgotten his goggles/balaclava so I just knew that if the winds persisted we'd have to turn back. Tisk tisk, Dan.
Well, we get to Lion's Head and the wind just stops! Hot diggity! The clouds disappear from the ravine and the sun starts feeling a little "hot".
We make it up to a balmy summit , temps at around 20 degrees and the winds not a worry. The Northern pressies were revealed and Southern were in the clouds.
We take our time on the way down and there are some bottlenecks on the trail below treeline which has us waiting almost half an hour at the steeper steps!
We make it down a packed powder T-ravine trail and in time to get out of the parking lot before rush hour!
Celebratory Tuckerman Ravine Ales and hamburgers were had all around. Great day to be out and glad one of my buddies got to get up the rocks in style.
Who: Me and friends I hadn't seen in a while
Why: Bag the meanest, gnarliest peak of the East coast (you mainers stay out of this)
A friend visiting from WA state was up in N Conway to do some fun winter stuff, including finally bagging his home coast's highest peak... We did some ice climbing at Arethusa on the 27th (because we were lazy and got up late) and left the summit bid for the 28th.
My friend from WA actually got sick the previous day so it was another friend of mine from CT and his buddy going up. Let's call them Rick and Dan .
With 5" of new snow overnight we canned plans of going up the Tuckerman headwall because of avy concerns, so us and the rest of everyone else at Pinkham took the Lion's Head winter route, which was in pretty good conditions and got pretty packed.
Winds had been gusting in the 60s... getting above treeline, with the wind on our faces... Dan admitted that he had forgotten his goggles/balaclava so I just knew that if the winds persisted we'd have to turn back. Tisk tisk, Dan.
Well, we get to Lion's Head and the wind just stops! Hot diggity! The clouds disappear from the ravine and the sun starts feeling a little "hot".
We make it up to a balmy summit , temps at around 20 degrees and the winds not a worry. The Northern pressies were revealed and Southern were in the clouds.
We take our time on the way down and there are some bottlenecks on the trail below treeline which has us waiting almost half an hour at the steeper steps!
We make it down a packed powder T-ravine trail and in time to get out of the parking lot before rush hour!
Celebratory Tuckerman Ravine Ales and hamburgers were had all around. Great day to be out and glad one of my buddies got to get up the rocks in style.
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