Mt. Washington Weather Advisory

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

Thier are people who extreme hike this time of year although I can't imagine why.

Because its fun?
Been up there when it was -80 windchill, also been in Tuckerman's when the Valley was in the teens and the bowl was well into the 40's and downright gorgeous.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by likwid

Because its fun?
Been up there when it was -80 windchill, also been in Tuckerman's when the Valley was in the teens and the bowl was well into the 40's and downright gorgeous.

I have given some thought to cold weather, but not extreme hiking in the passt, but I am not in that kind of shape right now. Your a skier, and certainly beyond skiing you have the right outwear to be up there in those conditions. Usually by the time you realize hypothermia has set in it is probably to late, right?

I enjoyed your skiing pics. Missed them the last two years.

[likwid]

I have a spot of frostbite on my face from a couple years ago up on the snowfields on Mt Washington (above the bowl).

Hypothermia starts in with the shakes, but your mental capacity is so diminished by then that you don't even think about it.

I'll be back at this place in a month:



Grand Targhee, WY

Tuckerman's in March-ish.
Was 50ish in the bowl, started off in the AM at Pinkham Notch and it was in the single digits.

[Swimmer]

Jackson Hole the next place I want to go to for vacation.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

Jackson Hole the next place I want to go to for vacation.

There's a couple guide outfits (depending on time) that still fish all winter long along with snowshoe trips in BTNF/Yellowstone.

Its a good time and totally worth it.