So why did I go up to Crawford Notch this morning & take pictures? Well, certainly not because I thought I might find any climbable ice! HA Pretty much just for consistency I gotta say. I'll probably go up the next two Thursdays as well, for the archives.
Amphitheater left (multiple) -
WI 3
A very nice area containing a variety of fun climbs ranging from easy 3 to harder 4's. In a good ice year there may be as many as 6 lines. This is a very popular toprope area and a single 50 meter rope will suffice. NOTE: all the climbs can be led.
Climbing may be hard, but it's easier than growing up.
—Ed Sklar
Just when you think it's over, a few cold days can firm things up again!
Pinnacle Gully, Huntington Ravine
Selected Ice Conditions effective March 14, 2024
So why did I go up to Crawfords Notch this morning & take some pictures? Well, certainly not because I thought I might find any climbable ice! HA Pretty much just for consistency I gotta say. I'll probably go up the next two Thursdays as well, for the archives. IMO none of the ice that I saw anywhere today in Crawford Notch was climbable, not even Dracula. And with it being so warm, everything in the vicinity of what you might think of as possibly climbable ice is extremely problematic! Just time to move along to rock at this point.
Huntington Ravine
Pinnacle, possibly Odell
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
OUT
Dracula
OUT
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