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White Mountains photos coming up. First day October 6th. I wanted to hike my favorite trail, the Ammonoosuc Ravine trail, which follows a series of small cascades passing some open rock ledge ending at a col above treeline between Mt. Washington and Mt. Monroe. And hadn't the Caps Ridge trail in a while, which goes up nearby Mt. Jefferson up fun open rock ledges. Found there was a connecting trail where I could combine the two. Drove up in the pouring rain, finished at around 9:30, started hiking at 10. My usual loop with the Amoounosac Ravine trail takes about 8 hours, would I manage to finish before dark?! Nice stream at the start
Looks like an awesome trail. Were you seeing any vertical lifting with the fog/condensation at times or was it mostly just sideways movement? Maybe the winds were too fast for vertical motion. I hear ya on the hands and wind chill factor.
Looks like you went while there was a front stalled to the south of there hence the clouds, fog, and winds. I found it's one of the best times to hike (during a front) but it does suck for views and the chill on hands/face. There's also something about hiking in the fog which makes it feel time is moving slower while on the trail, guess that's not the best feeling sometimes.
Check out the surface map at 11am on Oct. 6th. See the stalled front over MA? But more interestingly.. Click the link and look at the previous 3 hours for 8am. (12z). It was even south more. So it looks like the front was shifting back north during the day hence why you probably saw lower fog while decending
Next day, if people are interested in the location, started from Crawford Notch went over the Willey Range south to Mt. Willey dipped down to Zealand Notch, through the Notch and then back over the Willey Range to Crawford Notch. Day started partly sunny but a shelf cloud was hanging around the mountains
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first viewpoint on the Willey Range
bright overcast
Mt. Willey itself was almost completely fogged over. Steep descent, looking back at Willey. Had a stretch with ladders, must be gnarly in the winter, met a few who had done so.
saw this bird (quail?) hard to get a photo of it. Started drizzling on me. Yuck
viewpoint from Thoreau Falls.
and the falls, which was kinda low
another view
another image with the falls in the foreground. Unfortunately water got on the lens
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some nice colors
rain stopped, great open stretch through Zealand Notch. Across the notch
looking down the notch
back up where I came from
fog
an image of the trail with the same view
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back in the forest
stream below Zealand Falls
this part of the notch lots of past peak foliage trees
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noticed a lot of brown vegetation. Must have already had a freeze? The wider notch at a somewhat high elevation (2500 feet) is likely a good frost hollow, similar to Saranac Lake.
Next day, if people are interested in the location, started from Crawford Notch went over the Willey Range south to Mt. Willey dipped down to Zealand Notch, through the Notch and then back over the Willey Range to Crawford Notch. Day started partly sunny but a shelf cloud was hanging around the mountains
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What a difference a day makes. Much better pics then Oct 6th batch with fog. 1st 2 are awesome! Chose that as my favorite. The rock ledge was close but too cloudy. Great pic non the less!
The brown vegetation maybe from mini Fall drought? Could be a freeze too.
And there you go again with the wildlife on the trail. . Do you walk slow? Maybe that's my problem, I power walk through trails and make too much noise that wildlife hears me coming and runs. lolol
Nice photos, Nei. And kinda familiar too, since the eastern northamerican temperate flora resembles much more the one here (in Patagonia) than in the western side of NA, where is very different.
This public garden has plants blooming in every season, though very few in winter. It was planted about 3 years ago and the landscapers told me everything there is perennial and most are native plants to the region. Looked very nice this chilly damp morning. Some trees have a hint of change while others are still very green.
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. Do you walk slow? Maybe that's my problem, I power walk through trails and make too much noise that wildlife hears me coming and runs. lolol
