Yeah, baby, you know what I like!

[marty]

It was snowing with a stiff breeze on Mt. Ellen in VT yesterday and there was frost on the trees above 3,000. Quite beautiful! The trail itself was pretty much snow free except for some open spots. The observation deck near the summit was coated with rime.

Winter is here again...

Marty
P.S. Ray notched #66/67 of the New England 4ks yesterday

 

[sapblatt]

Way to go Ray!
And then there was one!

 

[albee]

I had 19 weekends of snow-free hiking this year. 4 and a half months without the white stuff. Granted, I didn't need snowshoes or anything yesterday, but man - that was a short season!

 

[nartreb]

Presis on Saturday

 

[injektilo]

The snow line was pretty low in Baxter Sunday morning. The Daicey Pond Ranger said Chimney Pond was reporting 1.5" at 7:00. It was nice to see snow again...

 

[DougPaul]

Looking even better...

Mt Wash report (Tues, 16 Oct):

Conditions at 4:46 AM:
Weather: Freezing fog w/ rime
Temperature: 21°F
Wind: NW 54 mph
Visibility: 1/16 of a miles
Relative Humidity: 100%
Station Pressue: 23.77" rising
Ground Conditions: Ice, rime and 3" of snow w/ deeper drifts

24 Hour Statistics:
Maximum Temperature: 26°F
Minimum Temperature: 20°F
Peak Wind Gust: NW 80 mph
Average Wind Speed: 55.1 mph
Liquid Precipitation: 0.06"
Snowfall: 0.5"

The Ravines webcam http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/cam/ravines/ shows snow down into Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines and the North webcam http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/cam/north/ shows the northern Prezzies to have a nice dusting of snow.

Doug

 

[injektilo]

Portland Press Herald blogger Carey Kish recently posted some pictures from a backpacking trip along the AT this past weekend. Given the subject of this thread, I though some might enjoy looking at the pics... particularly the ones about half way down.

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