Get psyched! Ice is here! If you have time off tomorrow and are really jonesing for ice, you should grab your partner and head up to Huntington Ravine early in the morning. Forecast calls for clear skies overnight and winds to die down to 50-75mph on the summit(they've been averaging 100mph with a peak gust of 158! Yikes!) When we were in the ravine last week doing Pinnacle, Damnation looked pretty fun. Winds in the ravine itself aren't as heavy as higher up. Perhaps the smartest tactic might be to simply crag in Huntington - climb the first pitch of Pinnacle and rap off, then maybe climb the first pitch of Damnation and again rap, heading out to the car on the same trail you approach on, rather than head up onto the Alpine Garden where the visibility is likely to be poor. It's a bad idea to head up above the routes if you don't have a good idea of where you're headed up there. Also, I'm sure there's climbable ice in Tucks. Climb or boulder on sunny ice there in the morning! Have at it!

Nice pics rockytop! Way to get after it! Hope it remains cold....

Thanks, I was hoping people would enjoy them and get psyched! it's certainly cold enough on Mt. Wash!

Should be reasonably good on Mt. Washington this weekend. Not super fat but solid in Tucks and Huntington. Forecast is good, temps under 20F, low wind.

My partner and I went up there this past weekend (Saturday) and did Pinnacle. Probably wouldn't do it in those conditions again; a lot of running water underneath insecure and thin ice/snow. High gusty winds and lots of sprindrift made it fun and alpiney.
The rest of Huntingtons almost looked to be in full winter form as far as snow is concerned, though I'm sure the ice is still thin and forming. O'dells, North and Damnation all looked like they would go. I'll try and post some pictures tomorrow...

would like to see those pics! i'm heading there next week..

I would not expect last weekend photos to have much bearing on what its going to look like up there this weekend. pretty dramatic weather shift all week.

tradman is right, temps have been in the upper 30's and low 40's on the summit of Mt.Wash. utilize their website to check temps and wind over the last 24 hours.
http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/summit_forecast.php
Look for the link to the hourly reports on the right-hand sidebar of this page.

Whats the word on the Huntington these days? I had plans to go to Rumney for some rock tomorrow but the weather is looking questionable. I checked Washington and the last 24 hours has been under 30 on the summit. I can't find any temps past 24 hours though so I don't know how long its really been that cold.

I am pretty sure that it just got cold yesterday. we had temps in the 60's at midninght here in VT a few days ago