Presidential Traverse - September 5, 2015

Scott and completed the Presidential Traverse (Appalachia to Crawford Notch) on Saturday, September 5, 2015.  Some kind of hike.  Approx 23 miles over 14 hours w 9,000 feet of elevation gaine.  Enjoy the pics.

Nice night sleeping in the bed of Scott's truck.  Way more trucks driving along Rte 2 then expected.  Made 3:45 a.m. alarm a little less pleasant. 

 

Scott at the summit of Madison w Washington (a little past the 1/2 way point) way in the distance to the left. 



Great Gulf - May 17, 2015

Swan song for the season.  Great day in Great Gulf.  Three runs up and down Airplane.  Pipeline was out unfortunately.  Scott took a few runs on the snow fields at the end, but I was gassed and just took in the views.

A few pics to enjoy:

 

Oakes Gulf - May 2, 2015

Great day up in Oakes Gulf with Scott.  Skinned up the ART to the summit of Mt. Monroe.  Technically, I skinned almost the whole way, but even with ski crampons, it was really steep.  Basically it felt like I was doing dips up the mountain.  Skied the Monroe snow field, then over to double barrel.  Skinned up Central, ate lunch and met up with Josh and Chad for a bit.  Then Scott and I head over to ski one of the three stooges before meeting back up with Josh and Chad and descending Monroe Brook - all the way to the car!  Took a bit of video but no video editing software at the moment so just pictures for now.  Enjoy!

 

Scott outside of Lakes of Clouds Hut

Looking over at the Summit of Mt. Washington from Lakes of the Clouds Hut

 

Dutchess, Oakes, & GOS - April 19, 2015

Perfect spring day on Sunday, April 19, 2015.  Scott, his brother and I headed up to Mt. Washington bright and early (left Portsmouth before 5 a.m.) and enjoyed one of our longer tours, knocking off Dutchess (not quite continuous), Oakes (airplane gully?), and the Gulf of Slides (#2) on the way out.  GOST was in rough shape at the bottom and legs were shaking by then, result was a bath in a stream with about 15 minutes to go.  Great day on the whole, can't wait to get back to Oakes in particular which looks to be a special place.  Here are a few pictures - Enjoy!

Looking out over Tucks towards the Summit from the top of Dutchess

Wachusett Ski Area - April 12, 2015

Five weeks and three days later: Back on the horse.  Two aggressive laps up Wachusett with a full load on a beautiful Sunday morning before the lifts started turning at 8 a.m.  Snow was not great, but it doesn't matter, just wanted to get the blood moving and test my butt's strength before returning to George next weekend.