Mount Washington Climber's Log

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MrRoy4UVA - Dec 31, 2011 10:57 am Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2011

Awesome Weather

Went up the Lion's Head Summer Route, got up to Split Rock by mid morning to find temps hovering around -5F with winds sustained over 100 mph. Went out around the large carrin for some pictures/video but decided not to attempt to cross the alpine garden with a wind chill around -50F. If you know anyone who was up there in tennis shoes please smack them for me, thank you.

LP

LP - Dec 28, 2011 10:04 am Date Climbed: Dec 9, 2011

First Winter Climb

Injury kept us at Tucks.

Judd97

Judd97 - Dec 12, 2011 7:34 pm Date Climbed: Dec 10, 2011

State HP#13  Sucess!

Climbed up in the snow and ice on the Jewell Tr/Gulfside Tr. 50 mph winds and -30 windchill... nice day for the middle of December! Can never get over how cool rime ice is; especially when it's forming on your beard :)

MCGusto

MCGusto - Oct 28, 2011 1:15 am Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008

Huntington Ravine  Sucess!

Huntington Ravine is flippin' awesome!

Jshaw

Jshaw - Oct 17, 2011 7:29 pm Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2011

Perfect weather  Sucess!

My niece and I decided to hike Washington because we had both done it ten years earlier. We went up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail and it was hot! It was actually in the 60's on the summit. I must admit, it is kind of a bummer to do all that work and have all the cars and craziness at the top. I hiked Glacier Point in Yosemite last year and felt the same way. On the Glacier Point trail we passed two couples the entire time we hiked and then when we reached the top after all that solitude, it was a mad house! At the summit of Washington I did buy a shirt that said "this body climbed Mt. Washington". I have been hiking at my little Blue Hills for the past couple of years but this hike gave me the bug and started me on my goal to hike all 48, even though I couldn't walk for days after it. It is just hard to find people that want to hike.

MMclimbhigh

MMclimbhigh - Oct 7, 2011 3:03 am Date Climbed: Apr 8, 2009

Ski  Sucess!

Skied Tucks several times. Been to summit just once

funkyhiker56

funkyhiker56 - Sep 21, 2011 5:24 pm Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2011

SHP 13  Sucess!

Summit via Huntington's Ravine. Stream crossing was a little interesting given the recent tropical storms. But awesome none the less.

Flattlander

Flattlander - Sep 21, 2011 4:50 pm Date Climbed: Feb 20, 2010

Ignore the buildings!!  Sucess!

Still a great mountain. Been up a few times, once in winter. Huntington Ravine Trail is great. Lions Head is a fun conga line in winter, and was my first use of crampons. I'll always remember it. Tag the true summit, descend a bit, sit and enjoy not being at the summit circus.

traildude07

traildude07 - Sep 18, 2011 11:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2007

First Peak  Sucess!

First climb, was successful even though we got caught in the dark on the way down. My final trip before i joined the Air Force.

DukeJH

DukeJH - Sep 14, 2011 10:39 am Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2011

Great Hike  Sucess!

A quick up and down bvia Tuckerman Ravine. A great hike with beautiful weather down low with some wind an fog above the headwall.

markowens

markowens - Sep 10, 2011 8:49 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011

SHP #12  Sucess!

I had done Katahdin the day before, so I was worn out. I cheated and drove up! Oh well. The wind wasn't bad, just a light breeze.

Bkoziol3

Bkoziol3 - Sep 5, 2011 4:50 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2011

Washington Success!  Sucess!

Climbed Washington via Huntington Ravine, which was awesome! The summit was cloud covered and there were a million tourists there from the Cog and Roadway, but had great sunshine most of the way up. I had almost forgotten there was a road, when I was on the summit ridge I was rather startled briefly by a the headlights of a car.. Kind of a shame and definitely left me feeling a bit ambiguous about gettin up top. descended via Tuckermans and was glad I had chosen Huntington to climb. A lot more difficult with great class 4 moves along the way.

jaypisano

jaypisano - Sep 1, 2011 8:51 am Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2011

Nasty Weather

Went up with EMS Climbing School. Nearly reached the summit but had to turn around due to deteriorating conditions - high winds, almost zero visibility. Awesome climb though. Will definitely go back.

vbeckman74

vbeckman74 - Aug 21, 2011 5:59 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2005

Too Much Humanity  Sucess!

This is the Wal Mart of HPs.

skinnywhitecomic

skinnywhitecomic - Aug 18, 2011 10:57 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2011

HP #27  Sucess!

We took the Cog Railway up. It was an absolutely gorgeous day. You could not have asked for more beautiful weather. My grandma (84) even made it to the top!

xpda

xpda - Aug 10, 2011 3:40 pm Date Climbed: Mar 16, 1996

Cold  Sucess!

Wind in the 70's, temperature in single digits. The reverse would have been more comfortable.

xpda

xpda - Aug 10, 2011 3:39 pm Date Climbed: May 21, 1995

Nice Weather  Sucess!

From Pinkham Notch

chicagosky

chicagosky - Aug 9, 2011 6:05 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2011

9hrs 20 mins car to car  Sucess!

Went up Lions Head as Tuckerman was closed for maintenance. Interesting way up and the route finding kept us engaged but saw several people injured or just too tired on the way back down. Almost white out conditions at the summit.. in July!

Livetronica

Livetronica - Aug 6, 2011 2:34 pm

i made a wise decsion

i tried to summit during late december with a friend
he ended up not feeling so good so stayed at the base of tuckermans
i made it up to tuckermans but decided i would rather live to climb another day
the wind and snow was filling my tracks in only a few seconds

jeffh25

jeffh25 - Jul 28, 2011 8:12 pm Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2011

HP # 28  Sucess!

46 degrees and 75 mph winds in July. I know I should have been ready for this place but it's unreal. Truly blown away by the mountain and almost literally blown off it.

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