I didn't hike the ravine, but a friend of mine and his now-wife and I hiked one time in early fall some years ago.
We started from the visitor center (check in before any hike) and hiked to the Mespah hut on the Crawford Notch. Set up camp, and proceeded to hike to Mt. Washington summit the next morning. There is a pool of crystal clear water at the base of the summit called the "Lake in the Clouds". Believe it or not, there were fish in this pool which is located above the tree line.
Anyway, we hiked the last mile+ up to the summit and saw the same thing: Peolpe sitting, eating cafe snacks, and looking at us like we had just crawled out from a swamp.
We have pictures on the actual summit, and proceeded to hike back to our camp site. The entire trip was 17+ miles round trip, which we did in one day. To this day, whenever I see one of those "this car climbed Mt Washington" stickers, I want to yell at the driver to get off his/her butt and climb th damn mountain. That way they can experience the mountain the way it was intended.
Just my $0.02 worth.
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