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February 27, 2025
Hi Folks,
Wednesday was a VERY busy day... We were predicted to be getting snow on Thursday so I got up early, took the pictures and did this week's video a day early. The morning started out at just below freezing with some flurries that turned into a little rain! It got very sunny around noon, temps went up to mid 40's and sometime before 3:30pm the rest of Diagonal fell down!
I understand that some folks might consider me a "worry wart..." But I do think the avalanche status is worth considering anywhere you are, just read the report below. I can think of a number of places in Crawford Notch that could be problematic. I remember walking on the RR tracks past Waterfall and seeing avalanche debris. And tho folks aren't climbing the left face of Willard, that is prime avalanche territory. We are going to have snow today and Saturday, so that will likely load up Willies, Shoestring and Flume Cascade. Just saying...
WEDNESDAY - Today, multiple large skier triggered avalanches occurred today in the Presidential Range. All skiers are alive. In Hillman’s Highway, a solo skier triggered a large avalanche and was caught, carried, and critically buried. A second solo skier, in the same avalanche path, was able to move out of the way, and witnessed a small part of the buried skier out of the snow, and immediately provided aid. The buried skier was able to be extracted from the terrain through the help of bystanders, AMC, Harvard Cabin, and USFS Snow Rangers. The buried skier suffered non-life threatening injuries.
In Huntington Ravine, a group of two skiers triggered a large avalanche in the Fan of Central Gully that propagated out and across towards the Harvard Bulge. The skiers were not caught, carried, or buried. An observation and personal account of this avalanche can be found on the observations page of our website.
You could trigger a large avalanche in wind-drifted snow on steep east, and south-facing slopes above 3000 feet today. To reduce your risk, steer clear of slopes with obvious drifts and where the wind has stiffened and smoothed the snow surface. Limit your time underneath steep, connected snow slopes to reduce your exposure to natural avalanches.
https://www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/forecasts/#/presidential-range
https://www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/observations/#/view/observations/1825313c-2267-4a74-9675-572328a3d6ba
https://www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/observations/#/view/observations/c2183519-0c80-400d-887e-04b95224e740
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/20250227/CathedralLedge.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250227/Diagonal.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250227/Repentance_Remission.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250227/Unicorn.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250227/Frankenstein_Amphitheater.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250227/Frankenstein_RightSide.jpg
http://www.neclimbs.com/wmr_pix/20250227/MtWillard.jpg
I'm off this week, but will be at Big Day in Gorham with Jim McLaughlin Group next Friday, March 7th. Here's a clip of the band from Ledge Brewing last weekend...
http://www.alhospers.com/music/various/2001_LedgeBrewing_clip.mp4
If you're interested you can always see my schedule here:
http://www.alhospers.com/?PageName=2
The snow was too light and soft to groom last week. Nice for XC Skiing tho. It should be OK to groom after these 2 storms and the temps drop again. As we keep saying, 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
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