Double Bow
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Yesterday, myself and a group of others headed out to climb Eisenhower and Pierce by spotting cars and going up the Edmands Path and coming down the Crawford Path. I had done both of these trails on "out-and-back" trips but, I had never done this semi-loop.
Edmands had a snowy cover of few inches, not enough for snowshoes. In fact, only in certain sections of the ridge between the two peaks might snowshoes have been useable. About a third of the way up, we opted to put on crampons as where was a good amount of ice on the trail and folks were started to slide around. I was glad to put them on as it was getting pretty slick.
I was also testing out some new gear, so the opportunity to try the crampons with my plastics was welcome (except for when I caught them on my new pants and made a small hole
). Though folks had us stop what I felt was too frequently, we got up to Eisenhower with little event. On the ridge, we were treated to a gentle breeze, temps between 15-20 and the same slow snow showers we had all day.
I was pretty happy to be getting my first December 4K and my 50th 4K since 5/14/05 (less than 7mo and I ain't done yet!). I was also glad that the weather was so good and that the intense fog below cleared enough that we were at least able to see Bretton Woods and the Mt Washington Hotel. This was our only view of the day.
After photo opps at the summit, we continued over towards Pierce and stopped for lunch in the col. Since conditions were good, we actually stopped and sat to eat. As one who normally doesn't eat much on the trail, I was amazed with how much I put away on the trail that day. I guess my furnace really needed the fuel! The only thing that ever got cold the entire day were my hands a couple of times but, they soon warmed up and at times I just had glove liners on.
After lunch, we continued over to Pierce and then began our decent. On the way down a few people took spills but nothing too serious happened. Near the spur to the parking area on Mt Clinton Rd., we took out our headlamps and wound up using them for the last .25mi back to the cars.
In all, it was a great weather day (despite no real VFTT) that gave me the opportunity to test out some new gear and learn about an idea for a new way to do the 48 in winter (with a ferret in one's pants! Thanks Bob J!.).
Edmands had a snowy cover of few inches, not enough for snowshoes. In fact, only in certain sections of the ridge between the two peaks might snowshoes have been useable. About a third of the way up, we opted to put on crampons as where was a good amount of ice on the trail and folks were started to slide around. I was glad to put them on as it was getting pretty slick.
I was also testing out some new gear, so the opportunity to try the crampons with my plastics was welcome (except for when I caught them on my new pants and made a small hole
). Though folks had us stop what I felt was too frequently, we got up to Eisenhower with little event. On the ridge, we were treated to a gentle breeze, temps between 15-20 and the same slow snow showers we had all day.I was pretty happy to be getting my first December 4K and my 50th 4K since 5/14/05 (less than 7mo and I ain't done yet!
). I was also glad that the weather was so good and that the intense fog below cleared enough that we were at least able to see Bretton Woods and the Mt Washington Hotel. This was our only view of the day.After photo opps at the summit, we continued over towards Pierce and stopped for lunch in the col. Since conditions were good, we actually stopped and sat to eat. As one who normally doesn't eat much on the trail, I was amazed with how much I put away on the trail that day. I guess my furnace really needed the fuel! The only thing that ever got cold the entire day were my hands a couple of times but, they soon warmed up and at times I just had glove liners on.
After lunch, we continued over to Pierce and then began our decent. On the way down a few people took spills but nothing too serious happened. Near the spur to the parking area on Mt Clinton Rd., we took out our headlamps and wound up using them for the last .25mi back to the cars.
In all, it was a great weather day (despite no real VFTT) that gave me the opportunity to test out some new gear and learn about an idea for a new way to do the 48 in winter (with a ferret in one's pants! Thanks Bob J!
.).
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