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February 16, 2017
Hi Folks,
Yet another snow event yesterday and last night brings the Valley total to around 30" in the past 10 daze! WOO WOO... There was another 2 hour delay for the schools as well. Let me tell you, this is getting old. It was clear in the Valley at 9:30, but still snowing like crazy when got up to the Notch at around 10AM.
From the state of the road, you could tell that the DOT was having trouble keeping up. None of the lots were plowed yet, except for the one at the top of Crawford Notch, Sawyer River Road and the one by Ripley Falls. The lower lot at Frankenstein wasn't plowed, but I feel certain it will be soon.
Not too many pictures from the Notch today. It was snowing such that many of the places I get weren't even visible. I normally climb the snowbank at the Dry River Campground, but it's not 8'+ and almost impossible to climb up on. I couldn't even see any of Mt Willard from the road.
I was reading an article in the Conway Sun the other day that reinforced what I had seen on the regional weather a week ago. Apparently in North Conway the average temperature was 26 degrees in January. This is 7.9 degrees higher than the 30 year average of 18.1! I'm not sure what we're at for February, but it really hasn't felt that cold to me.
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20170216/CathedralLedge.jpg
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You can get your copy at all the regular climbing shops like IME, EMS and Ragged or online directly from the publisher here:
http://eaglecliffpub.com/climb/ordering/
With close to 30" of snow in the past 10 days the riding has really taken a crash. Things should firm up as the snowmobiles come out this weekend and the temps moderate. Stay tuned...
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
| My once-keen analytical mind has become so dulled by endless hours of baking in the hot sun, thrashing about in tight chimneys, pulling at impossibly heavy loads, freezing my ass off.... so that now my mental state is comparable to that of a Peruvian Indian, well stoked on coca leaves.. |
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