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Originally Posted by riverc0il  I will echo that it is best to go early enough in the spring to be able to skin up and ski down without hiking and earlier in the spring you get the most terrain. But before spring hits there is avalanche danger. Which of course limits the number of people up there so if you have the gear and the training and are okay with the risk, cool! Most people will probably find the best options in early April but of course that varies year to year. |
Yeah. I guess what I really want to say is that it is all weather dependent up in the alpine zone. Which Mt. Washington is. You can't (or shouldn't) just say 'I'm going to go to Mt. Washington on such and such date'. The spring brings it's own hazards as the sun heats up and ice chunks off the rocks. I've seen the "corn" so deep that it sloughs off like a river and people couldn't stop themselves from sliding right over a rock band. So much for spring stability.
That video was shot last year in April after the big dump. But earlier in the year can be great as long as you are respectful.