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| mmcguigan | Great Day  Date Climbed: Jan 23, 2010 | |
| Did as a part of the Presi Traverse. | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2010 4:01 pm | ||
| PaulRomano | Beautiful winter day Date Climbed: Jan 23, 2010 | |
| Climbed Madison via Valley Way from the Appalachia trailhead. Weather was a bit chilly but skies were crystal clear, not a cloud in sight! | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2010 4:37 pm | ||
| JimWallace | Mt.Madison Date Climbed: Dec 5, 2009 | |
| This was part of the Presidential traverse we did on that day.The climb up was very tough.We started at 3am and had to hike over much blowdown before reaching the treeline.This was amazing for me because this was my first trip to the Whites.The veiw from the summit was breathtaking.Imagine looking arcross the great gulf above all clouds over to the first veiw of the mighty Mt.Washington.It didn't take much for me to fall in love with these mountains.This is where it all began....Jim W | |
| Posted Dec 15, 2009 10:45 pm | ||
| MRoyer4 | Start of Presidential Traverse | |
| Climbed as a 10 year old with my father from Pinkham Notch as the first part of a Presidential Traverse. Stayed in the Monroe hut. I remember some bouldery sections on the trail that were exciting for a 10 year old, probably less so today. | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2009 6:11 pm | ||
| Grampahawk | long ago | |
| Many years ago a buddy and I drove up. We took the daniel webster Trail/Great Gulf. Sorry I don't remember much about the trip except that we stayed at Dolly Copp and drank a lot of beer. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2009 3:59 pm | ||
| MaineMountainMan | MtM | |
| Awesome. | ||
| Posted Jul 30, 2009 1:11 am | ||
| friday | Summit bid called off by team member Date Climbed: May 24, 2009 | |
| I had just scrambled up the rock bed past the "Worst Weather in the United States" sign on the Daniel Webster trail when my team member decided to call off the bid for the summit. My team member? My small dog Shiro, an eskijack. The day prior, he had scaled Imp Face with me and was doing very well up to the start of the alpine section towards Madison. About 50ft after the sign, he froze on a rock. I tried to coax him to come up, but nothing worked. I couldn't get him to come down either. He just froze, either with fear or fatigue. Fearing for his safety over my ambitions, with him in one hand and the other carefully navigating my scramble down, I carried him down past the alpine to the trees below. It was probably good timing too, as a light rain started to fall on Madison, which could have made things slippery. There will always be a next time. | |
| Posted May 26, 2009 3:07 am | ||
| Steve Larson | Osgood trail Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2009 | |
| Spring conditions were less than optimal, with mud down low, and gushy snow higher up. Nice above treeline, though. A steady breeze, and occasional visibility. Washington and Adams were socked in the whole time. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2009 8:11 am | ||
| imzadi | 3rd time's a charm Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2009 | |
| Up Valley Way, down Airline... GEORGEOUS day...almost no wind, 40's! spent 20 minutes on the summit enjoying! One of my favorite summits | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2009 12:14 pm | ||
| Jofa | 1st Stop on Presidential Traverse Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2008 | |
| Climbed Valley Way, camped at platforms just below treeline, climbed Madison and continued south | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2009 9:45 am | ||
| dpryan999 | Jewell Trail Date Climbed: Jun 1, 1996 | |
| Jewell trail to Mounts Clay, Jefferson, Adams, Quincy Adams and Madison. Perfect weather, great views. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2008 8:51 am | ||
| Maranna | Long Time Ago Date Climbed: Aug 8, 1975 | |
| Part of a great solo trip as a 17 year old. Remember great weather and beautiful views. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2008 7:40 am | ||
| Lips74 | Late Summer Storm Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2008 | |
| Started in Appalachia at 6:30 PM and climbed the rather long Howker Ridge. Made camp at 8 PM at the Howker Ridge-Pine Link Junction. Woke up at Midnight to head to the summit but ascended into dense clouds and driving rain/sleet. Nasty conditions made for a quick summit and ugly descent to Star Lake with lots of trouble following the cairns because of terrible visibility. Forced a miserable bivy near the lake to warm up and wait for conditions to improve. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2008 7:55 am | ||
| starship_jen | First Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Rick & Paul. First peak on our Presi Traverse. Stayed in the Madison Hut Thursday night and ventured off toward Adams & Company the next morning. Warm, windy, rocky and tough! | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2008 8:49 am | ||
| Tahawus | Mount Madison Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Adams and Jefferson via the Gulfside Trail from Lakes of the Clouds. A steep rocky climb up from the Adams-Madison col. Surprisingly few people even on this bright sunny day. Very windy on the summit though. It was around here when I started to get a really bad sunburn. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2008 1:50 pm | ||
| Turbo | AT SoBo Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2008 | |
| Southbound thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2008 11:17 pm | ||
| Artanis | First Summit! Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007 | |
| This was the very first summit I ever reached! Weather was much warmer than we had expected. Stayed one night in the Madison AMC hut and thoroughly enjoyed it. Decent was tough but well worth the amazing views. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2008 8:34 am | ||
| Enapai | Via Valley Way Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2008 | |
| A little windy but the views were endless as the summits of the northern presidentials were above the clouds. Awesome pics taken of the moon rise over the summit on our way down. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2008 7:12 pm | ||
| dirth | Great weather for a winter hike Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2007 | |
| Came up Valley way in just under 3 hours. Clouds broke as we got to Madison Hut with temps in the 20's and no wind. Great views south towards Washington and north for hundreds of miles. Hiked back down to the hut then across Gulfside to Spur Trail staying the night at Crag Camp. Best weather I have ever seen up there summer or winter. | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2007 7:54 pm | ||
| smiarowski | Path from Hut Date Climbed: Oct 14, 2007 | |
| Up King Ravine, crossed over to Madison and down Watson Path. Fun day hike in the fall foliage. | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2007 1:41 pm | ||
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