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kpthomson - Apr 23, 2008 12:07 pm Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2008
Free-Solo - Damnation GullyTucks trail was packed w/ snow melt, same for Huntington.
Damnation ice bulges were baked, with running water.
Traversed Alpine Garden, more like a horizontal water bowl to Lions Head, which as usual, sucked. MAD toe-bang!
Sam Page - Apr 20, 2008 11:31 am
6xHuntington Ravine (in summer) has been my favorite route.
RockOn - Mar 18, 2008 12:51 pm Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2008
Great Climb!This was a great winter climb with my buddies Jud, David and Vinny. It was really warm, probably 40 degrees for most of the climb. Summit was about 20. Not a lot of visability but a great climb anyway. Definitely felt the burn. Went up with Craig from EMS in North Conway. Great guide.
RyanTaro76 - Mar 5, 2008 2:07 pm Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2007
Signature Windy and RainyI went up from Pinkham Notch. It was blowing maybe 40-50 MPH with stronger gusts just down from the summit. Summit was anticlimactic as are many East coast roaded summits, but a cool fog rolled in from Mount Adams and engulfed everything. A memorable fall day in the Whites!
Grampahawk - Feb 25, 2008 7:01 pm
Always coldI've climbed this mountian many times. I don't go in the summer any more because it's just too damn busy. It's always at least 30 degrees colder than the valley. Last time I went it was 43 below 0, without the wind chill. Several years ago we got stuck in the bunker under the Lake of the Clouds for two days as we waited out an 80+ mile wind, sleet, rain and fog storm. It's designed for 6 people and we had 14, including a guy who was blown over and had a concussion. Great fun
EverydayExplorer - Feb 19, 2008 11:00 pm Date Climbed: Feb 15, 2008
Gnarly Weather50 below w/ windchill and 97 mph gusts. Need I say more?
jimegan - Feb 7, 2008 12:01 pm Date Climbed: May 26, 2006
MT WASHINGTONCLIMBED AFTER MT MANSFIELD IN THE AM. WAS GOING TO DO NEXT DAY, BUT A GLIMPSE OF THE SUMMIT CHANGED MY PLANS AND I SOLOED UP THE AMMONOOSUK RAVINE WHICH WAS FULL OF SNOW MELT AND RETURNED BY THE JEWEL TRAIL. ABOUT A FOOT OF ICED OVER SNOW FROM LAKE OF THE CLOUDS UP WITH NASTY SNOWMELT TRAPPED UNDERNEATH FOR FOOT REFRESHMENT
96avs01 - Jan 22, 2008 2:36 pm Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2008
Nice winter conditionsCompleted the Lion Head WR in pretty good conditions. Summit weather was 0 degrees with sustained 40+ winds and gusts of ~60, much nicer than we were anticipating but no complaints here.
cms829 - Jan 23, 2008 10:39 am
Re: Nice winter conditionsHah! I was up there as well. Summited via Lions Head WR as well. descending via boott spur link. weather was def better then anticipated.
rlawson - Dec 21, 2007 7:17 pm Date Climbed: Dec 20, 2007
Lion Head Winter RouteWith help of our excellent EMS guide, Conrad, we completed our three day beginning winter mountaineering course with a successful summit attempt. The weather was downright balmy for Mt. Washington -- 10-15 degrees F, 30-35 mph winds. The new snowfall that day made the ascent harder but did allow for some excellent glissading on the descent.
MattGreene - Dec 1, 2007 9:43 pm
Did the ImpossibleI began a climb up Adams at 2:00am, and traversed over to Washington. Taking my time, I hit it right at sunrise, and had the top of the mountain to myself on a beautiful summer weekend.
Six2 - Nov 28, 2007 1:04 am Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2004
Rough couple of days, but...Mount Washington caught me a little off guard. I was in the middle of a section hike on the AT. I separated my shoulder on the way up from Crawford Notch on a wet rock in a flat spot - oww! Then, in a thunderstorm above treeline, I took a tumble and banged my knee on a rock and cut my hand on another. Then, freezing from the rain, we stumbled into Lakes Hut, only to find 13 thru-hikers staying the night - it turned into a big party.
The next morning, we stumbled up to the top, spent too much time in the snack bar at the observatory, and then stumbled down to Madison Springs Hut, only to find a party there, too, and stay the night.
I can't wait to get back to the whites, although I don't expect to stumble into the parties again.
TRR - Nov 19, 2007 4:55 pm Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2007
Lion Head Trail (winter)Nice hike up and wonderful winter weather. Early morning winds died down before we got exposed.
JonW - Nov 16, 2007 4:11 pm
great day hikeClimbed half a dozen times or so. A great hike in winter. Pretty much a highway in summer.
Bam-Bam - Nov 15, 2007 11:16 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007
TraverseAwesome week hike over presedentials
friday - Nov 15, 2007 4:43 pm Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2007
Second mountain everSecond climb ever for me. I took along a younger buddy and his girlfriend who initially thought this would be just like a hike in the woods of upper Michigan. Wrong....
Although they were unprepared we still managed to pool our resources together to ensure everyone of us was warm enough. The weather did fight back though. With having little sleep from an overnight drive, 70MPH winds, complete pea soup fog, and the never ending sound of a baby screaming (from another hiker carrying a baby on her back), the Gods of Mt Washington attempted to kill our spirits, from the top of the Tuckerman Ravine to the summit. This long stretch was our Hell.
But, six hours after we started, we reached the summit and ate New England Clam Chowder. Best soup I've ever had.
eric-griz - Nov 9, 2007 8:53 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2000
Ascent via AT 2000 thru-hikeThe longest stretch of alpine hiking in the east makes this a great hike. I love the White Mountains and the Presidential Range!!
k2360tnf - Nov 6, 2007 6:10 pm Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2005
Summited1 day summit
Beau - Nov 5, 2007 12:37 am Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2006
Auto RoadI feel bad for posting this really - but I have been to the top of Washington via the Auto Road. I was passing through NH on my way from Acadia NP back to home in California. I did use the mountain bike trails at the base while waiting for the road to open though. Wish I had known more about this awesome peak and New Hampshire is a really beautiful state. The bike race to the top sounds killer!
mtneering - Oct 26, 2007 9:08 pm Date Climbed: Jan 1, 1996
upyeah, i've done that! every way and every season and every condition, wanna bet, if washington had it i've done it!!!!