You think it’s cold? March 24, 2013
Posted by Jenny in hiking, White Mountains, winter hiking.Tags: East Kennebago, Middle Carter, Mt. Adams, Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Madison, Mt. Moriah, Mt. Washington
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Summit of Mt. Madison.
I’m sure you feel the same way I do—you’re sick of winter. It’s March 24, I’m in North Carolina, and there’s snow in the forecast the next couple of days. Today a friend and I had planned to go up Bradley Fork looking for the F-15 jet engine. The prospect of a wet chilly day decided us against it. Well, I suppose we have nothing to complain about compared with the folks in the Midwest.
I thought I’d share some old photos of winter hikes. Perhaps by looking at them, you will feel warmer by comparison. All of them were taken in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire.
Winter hiking can actually be fun. We had a nice sunny day for this climb of Mt. Washington. No wind, and temps were above zero—not something you take for granted there in winter.
Bob climbs the Lions Head Winter Route on Washington.
Above Tuckerman Ravine.
I make my way up ice near the top of Washington.
Observation Deck on Washington. Bob is posturing, as usual.
Conditions on a climb we did of Adams were really cold and windy.
I look cold. It was about three degrees and windy.
Looking from Adams to Madison.
We had “snow goblins” along the trail on a climb of Mt. Eisenhower.
Adam hikes along Crawford Path toward Eisenhower.
Adam and I approach Eisenhower summit.
Below Mt. Jefferson.
Sometimes the trip was long hard work.
I’m not sure the summit of Middle Carter was worth the effort.
Bob crosses Lonesome Lake on the way to North Kinsman.
Adam tackles upper slopes of Lafayette.
Bob and Pete on Moriah.
Mike and Bob on the upper Sabbaday Brook trail, approaching the Tripyramids.
Oh, I forgot. This last one isn’t in the Whites. This is East Kennebago in western Maine—a bushwhack peak. I’m holding a moose horn we found.
Stay warm, and maybe spring will arrive one of these days!
East Kennebago—a canister peak.
