Tuckermans Ravine Memorial Day Weekend

[andyzee]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.]

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]

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!

 

[andyzee]

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!

Damn, you ain't chittin! After seeing something like that, I don't know if I'd want to go again.

 

[salida]

Andy-- If you hike down to the X marked in red on this attachment to the top of the great gulf, its a really nice viewpoint. Having worked at the observatory for a summer, this is one of my favorite places on the summit cone. Also going down the tux trail to the top of the ravine (somewhere over by lions head preferably) is very nice.

-porter

 

[andyzee]

Andy-- If you hike down to the X marked in red on this attachment to the top of the great gulf, its a really nice viewpoint. Having worked at the observatory for a summer, this is one of my favorite places on the summit cone. Also going down the tux trail to the top of the ravine (somewhere over by lions head preferably) is very nice.

-porter

Hey thanks, I'll be sure to print that out and take it with me. If conditions are good, we plan on hiking to tucks Sunday, you and G going to be there? If so, I'll be sure to have my camcorder ready

 

[salida]

HA. I have no idea yet. We are camping up in Northern NH and haven't set the itinerary yet. Items on the list are Grafton Notch (which is only a few miles away), Sugarloaf (which still has a lot of snow), and Tuckerman. Depending on the weather Sunday we might be there. I'm out for anymore falls or rock drops though (the knee has some cartilage in sore need of repair).

So the short answer is maybe. Hope you have some fun up there. The look-out over the great gulf is one of my favorite places. If you descend a little bit into the gulf you can escape all views of anything man-made, which is a really cool feeling.

porter

 

[awf170]

HA. I have no idea yet. We are camping up in Northern NH and haven't set the itinerary yet. Items on the list are Grafton Notch (which is only a few miles away), Sugarloaf (which still has a lot of snow), and Tuckerman.

Looking for snow in Grafton?



Also Andy: If you take the auto road route take a hike over to clay. It is like a mile or so and has awesome views. Plus you will be able to look down into all the awesome skiing options in the Great Gulf.

 

[JimG.]

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!

Still "lets" you go, huh?

Do you have a big life insurance policy Steve?

Just kidding.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

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"

While Tuckerman Ravine seems to be correct plenty of references call it both Tuckermans or Tuckerman's

 

[JimG.]

Every reference I have says Tuckerman's Ravine

Aaarrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Don't you start too.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Aaarrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Don't you start too.

:lol: sorry Jim, don't mean to drive you crazy. Here is one that uses Andy's reference
http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/Image/eroland/198-6.html

I wonder if it's a similar thing to Jackson Hole. JH was named for trapper Davey Jackson and for many years it was called Jackson's Hole, changed somewhere along the line to Jackson Hole.

From now on I promise I will always refer to it as Tuckerman Ravine.

 

[JimG.]

:lol: sorry Jim, don't mean to drive you crazy. Here is one that uses Andy's reference
http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/Image/eroland/198-6.html

I wonder if it's a similar thing to Jackson Hole. JH was named for trapper Davey Jackson and for many years it was called Jackson's Hole, changed somewhere along the line to Jackson Hole.

From now on I promise I will always refer to it as Tuckerman Ravine.

Probably an apt comparison...I'm referring to the common usage of the term I've known since my days at Dartmouth in the late 70's. It's always been Tuckerman Ravine to me.

Folks who used "Tuckerman's" were considered newbies who didin't know any better and they were often corrected on the spot.

In fact, I believe Dave Metsky asked the mods to correct another of Andy's threads for this reason.