Tuckerman Ravine April 4/5-6

[davidhowland14]

Date: April 5-6
Location: Tuckerman Ravine, Mount Washington, NH

Conditions: Hard Snow changing to Spring Corn
Weather: Everything on Saturday, Clouds to Sun on Sunday
Trip Report:

Two days at Tuckerman Ravine and Lower Snowfields with the crew from Backcountry Agenda.

Eric and Tony skied Chimney, a chute the found off of Lower Snowfields. I followed and played photo/videographer. I'm the figure at the bottom of the line of rocks in the right hand side of the picture.

Tony and Eric climbing up Chimney

Tony, Eric, and Jason topping out on Chimney

Eric Skiing Chimney
http://frigidlight.com/movies/EricChimney.mp4
Tony Skiing Chimney
http://frigidlight.com/movies/TonyChimney.mp4

Then they hiked up and skied Test Run, a snowfield which widened to a choke, near Little headwall.

This picture was taken from the top of Test Run, looking into the bowl

Jason working his way through the trees at the top of Test Run

On Sunday we all headed up into the bowl, where the Tony, Eric, and Boardman skied Sluice, and Rage and cosmic skied the Lip

Boardman stylin'

The entire mountain is buried.

All in all, a great weekend. Weather was great, despite the mix of everything and high winds on saturday. Low crowds, warmish at night (high teens). Wonderful weekend

My video of the weekend:
http://frigidlight.com/movies/Tuckerman2008.mp4

 

[andyzee]

Sweeet! Thanks for posting.


Hey, noticed the one pic where there was a sign that said "Water 100 feet". There's drinking water up there ?

 

[davidhowland14]

there is a pump about 100 feet from Hermit Lake, with excellent water. No need to filter. The pump would be buried, but a large whole with steps was dug (by the caretaker, i presume) to allow access.

 

[andyzee]

there is a pump about 100 feet from Hermit Lake, with excellent water. No need to filter. The pump would be buried, but a large whole with steps was dug (by the caretaker, i presume) to allow access.

Cool, thanks.

 

[dmc]

i rode Chimney once trying to bushwack out of the Empress..

Cool little shot...

 

[marcski]

There is a ton of snow in the Bowl as evidenced by that first pic. Nice TR, Dave! I'm so overdue for a Tuck's trip...its been way too many years.