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The main thing to point out this week is the BUGS! Monday morning I got clobbered by biting blackflys while working in the garden at about 9:30am. Then I got unexpectedly mosquito-ed over in Albany by the river on Wednesday. I haven't found ticks on me yet, but obviously that's on the way. I have a friend who lived in Bridgeton and she has had real problems. Of course she has pets. Just letting you know...
SPRING CLEANUP AT JOCKEY CAP POSTPONED:
Friends of the Ledges will be hosting a cliff cleanup at The Jockey Cap Cliff on Saturday, May 17. We will meet from 3-6 pm. at the new “Jockey Cap Trailhead”, now located 2/10 mile east of the Molly Ockett Middle School in Fryeburg, Maine. The trailhead is on the left when heading east on route 302, past the Jockey Cap Store. Trash bags, bug spray and refreshments provided. Best to bring some work gloves as we'll be doing some light trail work in addition to removing trash and graffiti.
Ice Conditions Report:
Selected Ice Conditions effective November 27, 2025
There is minimal snow up in Crawford Notch. The pictures below are from Wednesday. While I drove through the notch today, I didn't bring a camera. However there is substantially less ice up there than there was yesterday. Mid day Wednesday it was 46 degrees at the Dry River Campground and 41 at the Highland Center. It rained a bit overnight as well. Today it was 40 at the Center! I have seen some great pictures of Pinnacle Gully from earlier in the week, but none from yesterday or today. That said, things will most certainly get better as the weekend goes on.
Huntington Ravine
UNKNOWN
Repentance
OUT
Standard Route
OUT
Dracula
OUT
For the full current conditions report, CLICK
HERE
MUSICAL NOTES:
Off this weekend...>
If you're interested you can always see my schedule here:
VALLEY CYCLING:
On Monday I rode the new Jack connector between the bottom of Swamp to below the Redstone Quarry, Rattlesnake to the boulder, down the new connector to Swamp. It was very nice, tho Jack and Rattlesnake had some water. Then on Wednesday I headed to the Albany Town Forest trails. They are in great shape tho a little water here & there.
Mobile Version Of NEClimbs:
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:
Check it out and if you have issues on your specific phone, please feel free to let me know.
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