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October 3, 2024
Hi Folks,
Well we have sure had a great stretch of weather lately, but it looks as if it's going to catch up with us later Friday night and into next week. But we are starting to creep into a bit of a rain deficit, so some rain wouldn't be a bad thing overall. And I'm sure we will have more nice days regardless.
Last week I mentioned that I had climbed at Humphreys. I drive by there fairly regularly and it seems there are fewer people going there that in the past. However I drove by there, I think on Tuesday, and was amazed to see a ton of cars there? I'm not sure if they were climbers or people looking at the somewhat rare plants in the Hollow? Interesting...
My friend Phil and I grabbed the opportunity to take a bike ride up Sawyer River Road this morning. I try to do it several times over summer and winter as it's a very nice ride that gives you about 600' of elevation gained and 6ish miles. On a fall day it can be quite beautiful and it was almost perfect today. The road has been gated since the March storm that washed out the road, the same place it has been washed out before, and in other places it has been very rutted. I get the impression that it is not going to be repaired any time soon. This has become a real problem over the past 10 years or so. And with the snowmobiles not being allowed on the RR tracks between Bartlett and Sawyer RR, they won't be able to make the loop up Bear Notch Road, across the Meadowbrook Connector, down Sawyer RR and back to Bartlett via the RR tracks. There is at least a possibility the road won't be repaired any time soon. Of course you can walk or ride a bike up there, but no motorized vehicles are allowed. It makes for a significantly longer way to get to Sawyer Pond, the Signal Ridge Trailhead or Mt Carrigan. On our ride we were somewhat surprised when several A10 jets flew over doing training in the Notch, and then a Blackhawk chopper also flew over a couple of times! The latter very low.
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I was on the Waterwheel Stage at the Fryeburg Fair on Tuesday for my 10th year. It was a real gas. We are nothing like the other bands there, but folks seemed to dig it. On Friday I'll be at Ledge Brewing from 6-9. I wish we would be outside, but it's somewhat doubtful? Plus it gets pretty chilly once the sun goes down! Then on Saturday I will be at the ProTune Bike Shop in Glen from 6-8 with the Jim McLaughlin Group Trio. Both will be a LOT of jams, so come by and hang out with us.
If you're interested you can always see my schedule here:
http://www.alhospers.com/?PageName=2
As of today the trails were all dry and in good shape. That may change if we get the rain predicted over the next 3-5 days. I'm sure hoping to get out for some downhill on Saturday and Sunday tho... Fingers X'ed!
Up on one of the Mount Washington Valley's finest crags and want to know what that climb you're looking at is? Or maybe you're on your way up from Boston and want to check out the Ice Report for your upcoming weekend plans. Or more likely, you're at work just want to daydream about your next adventure. Well if you have a smart phone handy, you can get to NEClimbs from anywhere you have cell service. While it doesn't offer every single feature of the site and it's not an "app", in mobile form, it does do a whole lot and is very useful. Here is the live link to the mobile version of NEClimbs:
http://www.neclimbs.com/mobile
Check it out and if you have issues on your specific phone, please feel free to let me know.
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Remember - climb hard, ride the steep stuff, stay safe and above all BE NICE,
Al Hospers
The White Mountain Report
North Conway, New Hampshire
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