34 inches of snow dumped on Mt Washington!!

[bobandgeri]

Looks like Winter has arrived on Mt Washington!!

Snow Report


The Weather Observatory site is also indicating 34 inches of snow.

Hope everyone has there Winter gear ready!

 

[ROCKYSUMMIT]

"holly Ravioli, Batman"

 

[grouseking]

Snow on Franconia Ridge?

Makes me wonder....I want to hike Franconia Ridge this weekend. Since they are above treeline and it said Mount Washington had snow above 3800 feet, should I worry about full winter conditions along Franconia RIdge? Anyone traveled/hiked up there recently??

grouseking

 

[Waumbek]

Makes me wonder....I want to hike Franconia Ridge this weekend. Since they are above treeline and it said Mount Washington had snow above 3800 feet, should I worry about full winter conditions along Franconia RIdge? Anyone traveled/hiked up there recently??

grouseking

Yes, you should worry, i.e., prepare accordingly. Cannon and Lafayette cleared briefly this morning for the first time in days. Cannon is snow-free but the snow/ice line on Lafayette starts around 4500'. They're back under the clouds again now.

 

[giggy]

I would say there will be some snow/ice on franconia ridge - enough for spikes - probably not but you never know - but I would plan on wind and cold for sure.

last year around this time I went up skoomchuck (sp?) and down bridal path - no ice until laff summit but most of the bridal path was ice. pain in the arse w/o crampons. of course I left them in the parking lot becuase we didn't see any snowline AND my group didn't have any. dumb move on out part.


according to the site - there are some really cool ice/snow formations on washington right now that are rare according to the observ folks. I am thinking of haeding up there this weekend? anyone want to check it out??

 

[dr_wu002]

according to the site - there are some really cool ice/snow formations on washington right now that are rare according to the observ folks. I am thinking of haeding up there this weekend? anyone want to check it out??

I'm going up Crawford Path on Friday.

-Dr. Wu

 

[Waumbek]

Last night's precipitation was snow at higher elevations. The snow line on the Kinsmans this morning starts at about 3000-3500'.