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.
Work Of The Devil -
Other
The route follows the general line of an existing rock climb, "The Devil Made Me Dog It". It was rated M7+/Man-2 by Jim and Eric McCallister who assisted in the FA and has attempted the route himself. The M7+ is on the 'New England Mixed' scale, aka. the Freddie Wilkinson scale and the Man scale is one suggested by Doug Madara. The NEM scale is capped at M7+ while the Man scale is open ended.
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
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Standard Route
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Dracula
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