Mount Washington 4/3/2010

[eatskisleep]

Date(s) Skied: April 3rd, 2010 (Doug Coombs Day)

Resort or Ski Area: Mount Washington

Conditions: Warm

Trip Report: Started skinning up the cog just after 6AM, got to the Great Gulf at around 8AM. I skied one run in the area, Austin did three runs. Went to the summit. Skied Upper Ammo to lower Monroe Brook. Great day overall. First real day of touring for me, and I love it... although I don't love the blisters I have on my ankles right now haha...

So now for the pictures you all want to see, comments wanted/appreciated, thanks:

Getting an early start:

Coverage is diminishing fast... Bretton Wood's still looks like it has nice cover:

Morning View:

Jacob's Ladder:

Austin ahead:

Bert's:

Looking back down:

Morning ice near the top:

Sun starting to come out:

Beautiful View, a lot of people were skiing that north facing area in the Great Gulf, my legs were far to tired after one to try bootpacking again:

Looking down a line into the Great Gulf:

Bluebird skies:

Me skiing some soft snow, especially for right after 8AM:

Me skiing Hallway:

Austin on the steeps:

Austin ripping up a ridge:

 

[eatskisleep]

Water break before the ascent:

Two thumbs up:

Scenic view:

Sun coming over the ridge:

Starting the skin/hike out of the Great Gulf:

Random skier coming down as I was making the skin up:

View (sorry about all the scenic pictures... but with such nice weather I just couldn't resist):

Close up showing how some of the stuff filled in (or didn't for that matter) this season:

Me at the top, I was pretty happy/sore at this point:

Looking back up at the Summit:

Very sunny day:

Austin ripping it up:

Parting shot for the end of the day, taken while Austin was skinning up for some more:

Pray for snow

 

[Warp Daddy]

absolutely gorgeous shots !!!

 

[RootDKJ]

Great TR. Is the "ladder" only used for skiing/riding?

 

[eatskisleep]

Great TR. Is the "ladder" only used for skiing/riding?

Cog Railway. 8)

 

[riverc0il]

Holy crap! It is amazing how much melted in just one day between when I was up and when you guys were up. Going QUICK! I hope to be back up either Thurs or Fri depending on the weather.

 

[skidmarks]

Nice! Great Gulf later in the week, I hope.

 

[roark]

Great shots. Does indeed look like its going fast, to bad I won't get there til May. Ahhhhh, muddy sufferfest!

 

[snowmonster]

Thanks for the stoke! Been planning a west side trip into Oakes but can't make the dates work. It looks like I'll have to act fast.

 

[aerostern]

amazing shots!!!

 

[eatskisleep]

Holy crap! It is amazing how much melted in just one day between when I was up and when you guys were up. Going QUICK! I hope to be back up either Thurs or Fri depending on the weather.

Yeah even Austin said stuff we skinned that was completely covered in the morning had 10 foot patches of grass to cross in the afternoon. I wish I took the last picture looking up the Cog in the morning as well as a basis for comparison.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

 

[Skier75]

Nice! Wish I was brave enough to ski that....oh well I don't mind just watching too.

 

[yiming]

Probably a dumb question, but, is that part of Bretton Woods or Wildcat or neither? I really like what I see and am thinking about going this weekend. Could you please give some details of the trip?

 

[snowmonster]

^ Neither. These are backcountry areas which are not maintained or patrolled. Because of this reason, you probably won't get much detailed information (because you don't want to be responsible for folks being lost out there or involved in an avalanche, etc.). However, if you have the basic lay of the land, you can probably piece together the data. If you're starting out, the best place to begin is to get a copy of Goodman's book on Backcountry Skiing in New Hampshire and Maine (also, Backcountry skiing in VT and NY) and, if you intend to get into Tux, go to www.tuckerman.org. Always proceed with caution and ski conservatively in the backcountry. This is probably not the answer you were looking for but the most important thing is to make sure that skiers get to ski another day.

 

[yiming]

Thanks. I will start with Godman's book.

 

[eatskisleep]

Another great site is www.timefortuckerman.com I post on the forum over there as well.

 

[snowmonster]

^ Second. Good to see another T4Ter in here.