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.
Hanging Garden Area -
various grades
This area has a variety of routes that cover the gamut of hard vertical ice to overhanging to full-on mixed climbing. Definitely a place to get a pump. Many of these climbs are toproped, but try not to beat them to death, there ARE folks who can lead these things!
Let's get real here. No one does a figure-four ice climbing.
—Karl Nagy
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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