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December 26, 2024
Hi Folks,
It's been cold week, plus we got about 6"of snow here in the Valley, bringing us the picture perfect New England White Christmas. ;-) Pretty much the entire town was closed on Christmas day and the peace and quiet was actually pretty darn nice. I don't even think that McDonalds was open!!! I grabbed an hour at the gym while dinner was in the oven and there were only a couple of folks there. Good times...
The snow that we did get was light and powdery. Easy to snowblow and remove, but did set up some potential for avalanche danger. If you haven't seen the video of the avalanche in Tucks on Xmas eve day, check out this link. This avalanche was observed in real-time from the AMC Caretaker's Cabin!
https://www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/observations/#/view/observations/d6f7215c-2dac-43b3-aee6-77f9b8527340
There is a large talus field up and right of Willies which I notice every year. The right side of it appears to have slid. In addition Willies looks as if it has slid as well. I would imagine that Shoestring has a lot of snow in there that could be problematic.
Just sayin...
YUGE Thank You to all 83 of you who have currently donated to the 2024/2025 NEClimbs fundraiser this year. It is highly appreciated.
http://www.neclimbs.com/index.php?PageName=donation_fundraiser
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT
So here are some of the pictures from Thursday. For ALL of the pictures and full Conditions Report go to the Ice Conditions page.
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20241226/CathedralLedge.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20241226/Repentance_Remission.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20241226/Frankenstein_RightSide.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20241226/MtWillard.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20241226/MtWillard_UpperTier.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20241226/LHMW.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20241226/hitchcock.jpg
On Saturday December 28th I'll be with the Jim McLaughlin Group at Ledge Brewing 6-9. I hope to see you there.
If you're interested you can always see my schedule here:
http://www.alhospers.com/?PageName=2
The Rogers Crossing trails were groomed today. Not sure about Marshall.
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.
Join us and LIKE us on Facebook. I'll try and post interesting pix every Thursday and the latest Ice Report in the season, tho certainly not the whole Report. Here's where you can check it out:
http://www.facebook.com/NEClimbs/
Remember - climb hard, ride the steep stuff, stay safe and above all BE NICE,
Al Hospers
The White Mountain Report
North Conway, New Hampshire
| Climbing for speed records will probably become more popular, a mania which has just begun. Climbers climb not just to see how fast and efficiently they can do it, but far worse, to see how much faster and more efficiently they are than a party which did the same climb a few days before. The climb becomes secondary, no more important than a racetrack. Man is pitted against man. |
| Yvon Chouinard |
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