The Only Thing Better Than a Presi Day is.....

[J&J]

A Presi day with an undercast all....day....long!!!!

I did a loop yesterday 3-15-12 of Jefferson, Washington and Monroe. What a day! Undercast all day long. Oft times undercast will be there in the morning and then slowly dissipate as the day goes on. Not yesterday. It stuck around all day. With the undercast, warm temps and the lack of winds, it all added up to an incredible day. It was fun to hike with Carl's group to Jefferson and to see various friends on the trail: Joe, Drew, Tom & Laurie, and Bill.

Eisenhower with Carrigain behind surrounded by the clouds.

Willey surrounded by a sea of clouds.

Carrigain.

The Northern Presi's: Jefferson, Adams, Madison with the Great Gulf buried in clouds.

North Carter, Middle Carter, South Carter, Mt. Hight, Carter Dome and the Wildcats A through D.

Monroe and the spine of the Southern Presi's.

Franconia Ridge off in the distance.

The Jewell trail goes right up that long ridge with the Caps Ridge behind it.

Moosilauke in the back.

Carrigain, Osceola's, Hancocks.

Cairn by Lakes of the Clouds hut.

A last look at the undercast and setting sun before I descended into the clouds. One incredible day.

 

[bikehikeskifish]

Man, I kind of wish I saved my finish for yesterday

Tim

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

Great stuff!

There really is nothing like an undercast to remind you why you love the mountains!

KDT

 

[DMOutdoors]

That is amazing! That is something that I hope I'm lucky enough to experience someday up there. Speechless.

 

[NeoAkela]

Nice photos and great report! That was indeed a great Thursday above the clouds! Our group watched the sun set from Clay - what an amazing day.

 

[TrishandAlex]

W.O.W.

Thanks for sharing those stunning pictures!

I'm amazed at how fast the snow has melted. We were on Washington five days before you and it was a winter wonderland with plenty of snowfields and ice!

 

[Billy]

Looks like you were on a cruise and passed a bunch of islands.
Seems like the northern presis (photo 4) have less snow than the southern presis (photo 6)

 

[ow2010]

A truly unbelievable set of pictures. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Bombadil]

what better compliment can i give other than to say i wish i didn't click on this trip report due to the severely high jealousy factor! sublime

 

[JacobH]

The picture of the cairn with the shadow of the cloud on the undercast behind it is SO amazing! Thank you so much for sharing these, they made my day. What a great day it must have been for you all.

 

[Casual Hiker]

I'm sitting here at work on a beautiful Saturday morning, trying to make it through the rest of tax season, and you just made my day. Thanks!

 

[Guthook]

I was looking right over at you from Liberty... with the pea-soup fog and rain in the parking lot, I was not expecting anything so amazing up top. Glad I didn't decide to sit inside that day, and very glad someone got pictures to do the day justice. Party on!

 

[Original Woody]

Amazing Pictures thanks for sharing them

 

[una_dogger]

Absolutely stunning!

 

[loanshark]

undercast

Great shots, John!

 

[blaze]

GREAT shots. "Moosilauke in the back" is particularly stunning! Great day to be up there.

 

[kltilton]

Awesome. A rare day.