After being in the flatlands of East Texas for 10 days, it's so great to be back here in New England. To be able to go ice climbing, rock climbing, cycling, XC or downhill skiing - sometimes all in the same day - is just the best. I would find it very difficult to be somewhere else. except in blackfly season of course. This winter has been different than the past 2, but not in a bad way. We've had plenty of snow up in the mountains and notches where it matters, lots of cold temps early-on when we needed it to form the ice and now moderate temps so we can enjoy what we have. All good stuff right?
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Glass Menagerie -
WI 5 III
A classic Willoughby ice climb. The start can be tricky and it gets harder the higher it goes. The climb is in the sun and is often running water and the ice can be mushy. Sometimes done in 3 pitches, with 60 meter ropes it can be easily managed in 2.
The fact that I'm three months pregnant doesn't change anything.
—Catherine Destivelle preparing to solo the Old Man of Hoy seastack
Great early spring day on Standard Route
Frankenstein Cliff, Crawford Notch
Selected Ice Conditions effective March 5, 2010
Pretty much everything in the Valley is or will be toast pretty quickly. Frankenstein is still looking pretty good for now. Stuff in the sun is getting a little punky, but the fat stuff and the climbs in or partially in the shade should stay OK for a while. Mt Washington has a ton of snow and a lot of the ice climbs are now snow climbs. Beware of the avalanche danger. It looks as if nighttime temps will remain low for the next 3-4 days. That will guarantee the ice staying around another week, but beyond that who knows. The weather reports are predicting very warm daytime temps and a lot of sun through this weekend!
Huntington Ravine
lots of snow - beware avalanches
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
very good, slight slush
Dracula
still fat and many options
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