2015 Autumn Photo Thread (Maine, professional, comparable, ice)

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by muslim12

tall pines








all these pics were taken today also

None of your pics are visible. Just an x marks the spot.

[nei]

Originally Posted by JetsNHL

Didn't the poster say those photos were taken 3 weeks ago??

Here's some from October 12. No one could mistake them for being recent.

Mt. Lafayette / Franconia Ridge

October 12, 2015
Summit Elevation: 5249'
Elevation gain: 3969'
Calories Burned: 1,472 calories if app is accurate
Time up to Summit: 3hr45min
Time back down to car: 3hr
Total miles hiked: 8.4 miles [it's a loop]. 6hr35min, including one hour of stops, started at 10:30 AM
Temperature: high in the low 70s in the valley; maybe upper 50s by the summit

Drive up had the usual Connecticut River valley fair weather early morning fog



More windshield photos:

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some leaves changing on the way



Almost to the trailhead:

Waterfalls in the first mile of trail

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Long, steep boring stretch. Now above treeline:



Mt. Washington in the distance to the east:

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Neat rock:



Spine of the ridge, almost 2 miles of ridge. What a great day for it. Looking back at what I had done.



Onward towards Lafayette:



Some alpine vegetation was at peak:



More was past peak:



Almost to the top of Lafayette:



Perfect weather, holiday weekend...lots of hikers. Crowds were excessive; I'm not expecting solitude on Franconia Ridge (might be the most popular big mountain hike in the Northeast), but stop for 15 seconds and another person is right behind you? A third of the hikers were French-speaking. They tended to be loud and travel in larger groups. Found afterwards it was Canadian Thanksgiving. Looking east, that's Bondcliff. Big area of roadless, undeveloped land there:



summit of Lafeyette:



same view, same hike early March:

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To the west and northwest has roads and towns. Lots of red foliage down below, but the mountain summits aren't the best place to see fall foliage:



looking back at the ridge:

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Big Granite face of Cannon Cliffs remind me of something from California or another western mountainous area rather something usually found in the Northeast:



Looking at the window from inside the hut:

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Looking back up to Lafayette & the ridge:





red berries:









similar view, early March:

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some close-ups of the trees:





No more views now under the trees the whole time. Down to the elevation of deciduous trees with foliage.





Now down to the level of no colorful foliage. That was quick



That sea of red trees was even lower in elevation. Above photo taken around 2100 feet. I read somewhere that the lowest elevations were changing sooner than a bit higher up; warm September confused trees. Perhaps a bit less radiational cooling and milder nights higher up? Back near the stream where I started the hike, loop complete



Among the best foliage was at the parking lot



Canon Cliffs again

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Same hike in early March, all photos:

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[muslim12]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

None of your pics are visible. Just an x marks the spot.

I spent a while uploading them and they did appear and now you are right only an x marks the spot . Huh I'm new to this picture uploading game. I'll figure it out tomorrow I did upload 2 of the pics in my album though on my profile. U would have enjoyed the pics.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

By 4°C I mean 850 hPa temps as a reply to Cambium's post. Such mid altitude temps aren't all that rare in northern France in summer.

Hmmmm, We may be onto something then with the seasonal mid Altitude temps? Or maybe it's late right now & I'm contradicting myself. lol

But to hear 4C isn't rare in Summer there is interesting! Here's Buffalo. You can see in Summer it's on the extreme side to get to 5C or lower. In July it never happens, only a couple of times on record. Normal is above 10C at that level.

So perhaps... maybe.....I wonder... if the reason why our sky looks Summerish to you is because .... I don't know.. I give up. LOL

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by nei

Here's some from October 12. No one could mistake them for being recent.

Mt. Lafayette / Franconia Ridge

October 12, 2015
Summit Elevation: 5249'
Elevation gain: 3969'
Calories Burned: 1,472 calories if app is accurate
Time up to Summit: 3hr45min
Time back down to car: 3hr
Total miles hiked: 8.4 miles [it's a loop]. 6hr35min, including one hour of stops, started at 10:30 AM
Temperature: high in the low 70s in the valley; maybe upper 50s by the summit

That looks like a perfect hike to that elevation! Nice gain, nice timing. Too bad its a 10 hour round trip drive for me. That's waaaay too warm for me to hike. The 50s must of been refreshing but I'd have a heat stroke before I got up there. LOL! Thats a lot of Calories. Hope you were replenishing yourself and feeding some fuel to your muscles.

Originally Posted by nei

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Drive up had the usual Connecticut River valley fair weather early morning fog

Cool.. I bet the locals know that turn and the usual fog the river causes, outsiders driving through might get surprised. Especially at night.

Spine of the ridge, almost 2 miles of ridge. What a great day for it. Looking back at what I had done.

You ever look back and say... where the heck is my car (or Bike) . Feels like you hiked for a week looking back and not seeing anything but wilderness.

Some alpine vegetation was at peak:
More was past peak:

Ok, now that's awesome and I wonder why more vegetation is there at the peak, then Mt Marcy in the Adirondacks. Mt Marcy was pretty bare and they have been protecting it not sure for how long. Doesn't seem like things grow too fast but wonder why it hadn't even before telling hikers to stay off.
Actually there was a little but seems like Lafayette was more. Here's Marcy vegetation at 4000'. 5000' got pretty bare.

Perfect weather, holiday weekend...lots of hikers. Crowds were excessive; I'm not expecting solitude on Franconia Ridge (might be the most popular big mountain hike in the Northeast), but stop for 15 seconds and another person is right behind you?

Lucky with the views unlike me who decides to go hiking up into a front. lol Lafayette is Waaaay too crowded.. No thanks. I was getting annoyed when someone would catch up after 5 minutes let alone 15 seconds. The sign in book was full, Park Ranger said Marcy gets a lot of traffic but I went on a Monday and started very early. It's nice to be alone in the Adirondacks. Passed only 5 people going up, nobody passed us. On the way back is when we encountered more humans but not as bad as Greylock or Algonquin that time. Marcy felt very isolated.

Big Granite face of Cannon Cliffs remind me of something from California or another western mountainous area rather something usually found in the Northeast:

Nice Granite! Did you cut out a piece for your Kitchen?

similar view, early March:

Hmmm, March looks the exact same to a T. Fix image would like to see March. lol

Above photo taken around 2100 feet. I read somewhere that the lowest elevations were changing sooner than a bit higher up; warm September confused trees. Perhaps a bit less radiational cooling and milder nights higher up?

Hmmm. Wonder why. Would lack of moisture down low vs mountain ground moisture have something to do with it too? Not sure.

Nice Photos but I do think you need to head to the ADK's instead and do a comparison opinion. Try Algonquin.

[nei]

Originally Posted by Cambium

That looks like a perfect hike to that elevation! Nice gain, nice timing. Too bad its a 10 hour round trip drive for me. That's waaaay too warm for me to hike. The 50s must of been refreshing but I'd have a heat stroke before I got up there. LOL! Thats a lot of Calories. Hope you were replenishing yourself and feeding some fuel to your muscles.

Only a 4.5 hour round trip from Boston, that's why it's popular. Other reason is the long stretch above treeline and the above treeline isn't a pile of rock hopping like Mt. Washington and the northern Presidentials. Notice the trail doesn't look rough?

Way too warm for you? You did hotter and a lot more humid in your Mt. Marcy hike. Mt. Washington was 50°F with a dewpoint of 42°F when I was at the top of Lafayette; so maybe 5°F warmer on Lafayette. Was about 62°F when I started the hike, dewpoints stayed in the upper 40s further down. Huge difference from the humid hikes I did in the Whites at the beginning of September. The west side of Lafayette just below the summit is a wind magnet, windier than the summit and ridge itself. When I hiked in March, I purposefully hike the loop the reverse direction, so I'd have the wind on my back as I climbed Lafayette and got the most exposed section of the hike out of the way.

Not that many calories. The ride I did 5 days earlier burned three times more calories, if the app is accurate.

Cool.. I bet the locals know that turn and the usual fog the river causes, outsiders driving through might get surprised. Especially at night.

Sometimes longer stretches of the road is covered in fog.

You ever look back and say... where the heck is my car (or Bike) . Feels like you hiked for a week looking back and not seeing anything but wilderness.

Well, looking to the west, you can see I-93 and further off a town.

Lucky with the views unlike me who decides to go hiking up into a front. lol Lafayette is Waaaay too crowded.. No thanks. I was getting annoyed when someone would catch up after 5 minutes let alone 15 seconds. The sign in book was full, Park Ranger said Marcy gets a lot of traffic but I went on a Monday and started very early. It's nice to be alone in the Adirondacks. Passed only 5 people going up, nobody passed us. On the way back is when we encountered more humans but not as bad as Greylock or Algonquin that time. Marcy felt very isolated.

Franconia Ridge isn't a good hike for isolation. But when I went up on a weekday in March, no one was on the ridge. A few other people were going down as I was going up, ridge itself was empty. Two people were going up onto Lafayette at the same time but turned around.

Greylock feels wild in its immediate surroundings but you can see towns close by; different feel than the bigger peaks up north. Trail isn't that busy, but the parking lot at the top is a big contrast.

Nice Granite! Did you cut out a piece for your Kitchen?

lol

Hmmm, March looks the exact same to a T. Fix image would like to see March. lol

It's the same sign, took the photo from a different angle.

Nice Photos but I do think you need to head to the ADK's instead and do a comparison opinion. Try Algonquin.

I'll give it a try next year. Might be winter/early spring or summer.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by nei

. Notice the trail doesn't look rough?

Way too warm for you? You did hotter and a lot more humid in your Mt. Marcy hike.

It's the same sign, took the photo from a different angle.
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Yeah, not too rocky. All I can say is, get good shoes for the ADK. And workout your ankles starting now. Lol

You said 70s was the temp. Thats warm. I dont think it was 70s for my hike. Dont even remember now but definitely not warmer. Above 65 is warm for me to hike and I would prefer not to but something thats planned sometimes no choice. I would cancel trip if it was above 75 for sure.

Hmmm, your spoiler says "similar view early March" but its the same exact photo as the photo right before.

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by muslim12

I spent a while uploading them and they did appear and now you are right only an x marks the spot . Huh I'm new to this picture uploading game. I'll figure it out tomorrow I did upload 2 of the pics in my album though on my profile. U would have enjoyed the pics.

Put your photos on photobucket. You can get a free account. Then copy the share link for the photo from photobucket and use the "insert image" icon in your post. Paste the share link from photobucket and your image will appear in the post. It's easy.

[nei]

Originally Posted by Cambium

You said 70s was the temp. Thats warm. I dont think it was 70s for my hike. Dont even remember now but definitely not warmer. Above 65 is warm for me to hike and I would prefer not to but something thats planned sometimes no choice. I would cancel trip if it was above 75 for sure.

Hmm. Maybe I wasn't clear. 70s was the valley temperature down below. High was 76°F, may have been the warmest day in October. But most of the hike I was nowhere near that temperature since I was much higher in elevation, maybe low 60s most of the time, 55°F at the coolest spots on the ridge. Too long since I remember what I was wearing, think I had a jacket part of the time, shorts and a T-shirt more of the time.

Hmmm, your spoiler says "similar view early March" but its the same exact photo as the photo right before.

I'll fix it tomorrow. Ugh, it got late.

[muslim12]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

Put your photos on photobucket. You can get a free account. Then copy the share link for the photo from photobucket and use the "insert image" icon in your post. Paste the share link from photobucket and your image will appear in the post. It's easy.

thanks ill try to upload a couple of pics that way now and the rest after I get home later in the afternoon. this forum should really have a how to thread, like how to make those Wikipedia weather tables.