OK OK OK - I stand a bit corrected. After the meltdown we went through and in spite of the longer days and the stronger March sun - some the ice in some places has kind-of come back. In fact to the extent conditions looks a bit like they often do in the very early season.
AVALANCHE DREAMS: A Memoir of Skiing, Climbing and Life
Louis Dawson describes his life in six sections with each one representing a different era of his life. The forty-three short chapters flow smoothly and keep the reader wanting to explore one more episode at each reading.
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!
Well, I'll say this: climbing can kill you, but women can destroy you. There's a big difference, y'know.
—Derek Hersey
BEWARE! That ice above the North End is just waiting to come down.
Unicorn, Cathedral Ledge
Selected Ice Conditions effective April 1, 2026
Nope sorry, unfortunately this isn't an April Fools Day Report! Clearly the past few days of warm temps and then rain have been the death knell of the 2025-26 ice season! 46 degrees this morning all through in the Notch...
Huntington Ravine
numerous options
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
OUT
Dracula
OUT
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