by Sam Page » Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:04 pm
by AlexeyD » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:20 pm
by EastcoastMike » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:41 pm
AlexeyD wrote:At the risk of sounding patronizing - have you read the forecast for 12/30? You are lookin gat temperatures in the negative teens with hurricane-force winds, in other words wind chills of 50 below or colder. Having been on both Washington and Lafayette many times in winter in various conditions, I honestly wouldn't recommend either of these tomorrow. But good luck if you try it!
by EastcoastMike » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:49 pm
by AlexeyD » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:57 pm
by nartreb » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:18 pm
EastcoastMike wrote:Current summit conditions, -20 w/ 85 mph wind gusts. Windchill -65. Does anyone climb it in those conditions?
by Sam Page » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:18 pm
by Yeti » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:17 am
Sounds fun. No hope of a summit, but I'd love to scramble up for the show. The weather is what this mountain is all about.Sam Page wrote:The climb (including the back-up climb) has been postponed. Here is Wednesday's forecast for Mt. Washington:
Wind chill values as low as -41. Strong and damaging winds, with a northwest wind 80 to 85 mph decreasing to between 60 and 65 mph.
I was up there last January in similar conditions and was totally unable to walk when I hit the 80+ mph winds on the Lion Head.
by Autoxfil » Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:48 pm
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