Tuckermans Ravine Memorial Day Weekend

[andyzee]

Originally Posted by Marc

Holy hell, todays only Tuesday. You think it's going to take that long? What are you, taking Cialis? They call it 'the weekender' you know...

Worked, if weather is agreeable, plan on driving up Autoroad on Saturday and doing some hiking around the summit and then hiking up to Tucks on Sunday and getting some last turns in!

[awf170]

Originally Posted by andyzee

Worked, if weather is agreeable, plan on driving up Autoroad on Saturday and doing some hiking around the summit

The snowfields up there are basically cooked. Nothing really worth it.

[andyzee]

Originally Posted by awf170

The snowfields up there are basically cooked. Nothing really worth it.

Not doing it for skiing, just wanted to get some hiking in and discover the mountain.

[awf170]

Originally Posted by andyzee

Not doing it for skiing, just wanted to get some hiking in and discover the mountain.

Don't do it. Go for a hike someone else in the Whites or something. Just do something easy that has good views. The views from some of the lower peaks around there have way better views than Mt. Washington. Plus summiting with the auto road is lame.

[andyzee]

Originally Posted by awf170

Don't do it. Go for a hike someone else in the Whites or something. Just do something easy that has good views. The views from some of the lower peaks around there have way better views than Mt. Washington. Plus summiting with the auto road is lame.

Any suggestions? Keep in mind, the one reason I picked the autoroad is to make it easy on my wife. I figured we could hike down to the top of Tuckeman, take some pics and hike back up to the summit. Figure this way, we could get to know the mountain a bit better, see some nice views and I wouldn't wear her out and scare her off from future trips. Also keep in mind that the following day we will be hiking up to Tuckerman so need to save some energy, be like that with old folks

[JimG.]

Originally Posted by andyzee

Any suggestions?

Andy, you've got to lose the "s" from Tuckerman Ravine.

Every time I look at this thread I go nuts seeing that "s" in "Tuckermans" (Bleeech); it's "Tuckerman"

[andyzee]

Originally Posted by JimG.

Andy, you've got to lose the "s" from Tuckerman Ravine.

Every time I look at this thread I go nuts seeing that "s" in "Tuckermans" (Bleeech); it's "Tuckerman"

OK then, it's working Look at the first post.

[riverc0il]

Go for the Auto Road, dude. You can always park at the Alpine Garden cut off area and hike the plateau around the summit cone. The summit of Mount Washington is rather uninteresting but the shelf surrounding the eastern and southern sides of the summit cone are sweet. Hike over to Boot Spur and back via Alpine Garden. Jefferson, Adams, and Madison look pretty sweet coming up the Auto Road. I would only use it for skiing the Snowfields, but nothing wrong with heading out for an easy hike with the lady without the 2-3 hour slog up from Pinkham if it earns you a day in the Ravine on Monday!!

[andyzee]

Thanks Steve, appears that you understand the ladies

[riverc0il]

I understand doing what ever it takes to get in as much quality skiing as possible I guess I have done okay in the ladies department. I dragged the significant other up to Tuckerman one time to watch me ski (she doesn't ski and wanted to go hiking) and it was a great trip. That was the day a car sized boulder detached from the Chute area while I was skiing Left Gully and almost decapitated a skier. She still lets me go skiing on Mount Washington after seeing that, so I must be doing something right!