First snow of the 2009/2010 season!

[peakbagger]

The higher summits usually get a bit of snow around leaf season, the tourists bureaus request it as it makes for good photo ops.

 

[rup]

Temp dipped below 40 F in N NJ last nite.

 

[dentonfabrics]

Autumn is my favorite season for hiking and just about everything else. I hope to have a nice long autumn before I have to break out the snowshoes! All in due time...

 

[--M.]

All in due time...

Ding. Let the pitch come to you!

 

[sierra]

I am a reformed iceclimber who now depises the cold and will hang on to summer like grim death. Will I go out in the winter? yes I will, because Im from NH and I dont know any better.

 

[Mark Schaefer]

Now come on guys. The "real" snow will be here soon enough.

No need to rush the seasons. We are just finishing up the second best time of the year for hiking: late summer. And we are just about to start the best hiking season: fall foliage. Hiking is still simple and easy. Day packs are light. Why would anyone want to think about carrying all that nice winter crap yet.

 

[grouseking]

http://mountwashington.org/weather/cam/north/

 

[DougPaul]

Apparently not snow. MWO is reporting 1 inch of ice/rime on the ground.

The hourly reports showed freezing fog and freezing light rain for a 24hr total precip of .20 inches.

Doug

 

[David Metsky]

Apparently not snow. MWO is reporting 1 inch of ice/rime on the ground.

Good enough for me, I'm waxing the rock skis.

 

[NewHampshire]

A'yup, I can confirm that indeed some white stuff, whether rime or snow (my guess was rime because there was no rain, just early morning fog) on Madison through to Washington as seen from Mt. Hayes today. By the time we got down and headed back through Gorham though it had all but disapeared.

Brian

 

[Bill and Sheep]

There was a good amount of rime on the North side of Eisenhower today. With the wind and the nearly freezing conditions, it really felt like winter today. Fifty vertical feet below the summit on the Pierce side, it was like a different world- the sun was out and it was relatively warm. It was a fun day to be above treeline.

Here's a photo of what the Eisenhower summit looked like today.

http://sheeprocks.com/photos/dry_river_20090919/Pages/34.html

 

[blacknblue]

Lots of rime on north and west-facing rocks, trees, signposts today. But no snow. Alas. The ice line was probably around 4000 feet in Castle Ravine early this morning, but had melted all the way up to the highest summits by late afternoon. Pretty treacherous climbing icy rocks, actually, especially with 30-40 mph winds.

I'd include pictures, but my internet is too slow. Spectacular day to be out and about.

 

[Tom Rankin]

We had some snow and ice in Baxter this weekend. It was enough for the rangers to close a lot of trails, although WIND was probably the worst part.