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All right...move along, nothing to see here. These are not your ice climbs! [HA] Needless to say it's in't happening yet. But it's fun to see what's not happening, isn't it? At least it gives me an excuse to get out on a dank Thursday morning.
The time change is one important thing to be aware of whether you're out climbing, hiking or riding the bike. I've almost gotten caught out in twilight on the bike recently. After all it does come on quick. And it's one thing to be on the Marshall trails where you can get back to a logging road pretty easily. But quite another up on Outer Limits or at the top of Tent Boulder. And of course now is the time to toss that headlamp in the camelback/backpack. Right next to that first aid kit of course... [remember]
2025/2026 FUNDRAISER:
It's definitely time, so our annual Fundraiser for NEClimbs and The White Mountain Report is open. Like every year for the past 15 or so, I humbly ask you readers and subscribers for a small donation. Tho I have been doing this report since 1999, I didn't always ask for donations! That started in 2004. And realistically folks, without your support and as much as I actually like doing it, it would be very difficult to justify keeping it going.
Year-round I put out my weekly White Mountain Reports on Facebook, Instagram and the NEClimbs web site. But I usually do the fundraiser only for 4-5 issues of the Report. It's kind of like those pesky NPR fundraisers. [wry grin] Keeping you up to date with happenings in the Whites, providing the latest ice and rock conditions, reporting on events and people in the local climbing community and more consumes at least 6 hours a week. That's not insignificant for anyone, and I'm just like every other overworked, semi-retired 78 year old dude you know.
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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
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MT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY VALLEY WEATHER:
A deep upper-level low will linger over New England throughout much of the forecast period, bringing clouds, chilly conditions, and rounds of rain and snow showers to the valleys. This stubborn weather pattern is driven by cold air aloft, abundant low-level moisture, and disturbances rotating around the periphery of the trough. A shortwave will move through New England today, triggering widespread showers across northern New Hampshire and Vermont. With temperatures nearing 40 degrees today, morning snow is likely to transition to rain in the valleys, while higher elevations will see all snow. Behind the disturbance, winds will shift out of the northwest later today, advecting colder air into the region. As a result, temperatures are expected to fall into the upper 20s by Friday morning. This will result in lingering precipitation changing to snow in the valleys, with light accumulations possible. Colder air will continue to drain into the area from southern Canada tomorrow, allowing temperatures to fall into the lower 20s tomorrow night. Today’s disturbance is expected to intensify near Newfoundland tomorrow, tightening the pressure gradient and resulting in increasing winds throughout the day. Some weak ridging will finally begin to move in early Saturday morning, accompanied by drier air aloft. This will likely allow the precipitation chances to end and clearer conditions to move in.
If you are at all interested in what else is coming up with me musically, you can always see my schedule here: http://www.alhospers.com/?PageName=2
VALLEY CYCLING:
Earlier in the week I didn't need my studded tires. But this is rapidly changing and I'm starting to notice some slick patches, mostly under the leaves. The next few times I go out I will probably take my fat bike with studs and get some studded tires for my eBike. It's that time...
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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:
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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
Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught
without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the
happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step;
and from the beginning think what may be the end.
Edward Whymper, 1865, the first ascent of the Matterhorn
Climbing is a very dangerous sport. You can get hurt or even kill yourself. When you go climbing, you do so of your own free will. Everything on this site is to be taken with a grain of salt. Don't blame us if you get up some totally heinous route, in over your head and fall and hurt yourself.
