Saturday, May 31, 2014

05/31/2014 Mount Washington

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Mount Washington

Tuckerman Ravine Trail / Boott Spur Trail / Davis Path / Lawn Cutoff / Tuckerman Ravine Trail / Mount Washington / Tuckerman Ravine Trail / Lion Head Trail (Summer) / Tuckerman Ravine Trail

Boott Spur Trail Ladder

Boott Spur Trail  Blowdown

Boott Spur Trail - New Sign

Boott Spur Trail - Old Sign

Boott Spur Trail  - Outlook view fogged in 


Boott Spur Trail - Outlook View up


Boott Spur Trail -  Small stretch of snow

Boott Spur Trail  - above tree line

Boott Spur Trail - Split Rock


Boott Spur Trail  - the clouds open for a few seconds

Boott Spur Trail  - flowers in bloom

Boott Spur Trail 

Boott Spur Trail - Boott Spur Link Junction

Boott Spur Trail 

Boott Spur Trail  - snow field

Boott Spur Trail - Junction with Davis Path

Davis Path



Davis Path - Can't miss that cairn

Davis Path

Lawn Cut Off Junction- Sign down!

Lawn Cut Off - wind keeping the fog in check

Lawn Cur Off

Lawn Cut Off - Tuckerman Ravine Trail Junction

0.6 Miles to the Summit

Tuckerman Ravine Trail- Skies open up

Tuckerman Ravine Trail

Tuckerman Ravine Trail - looking down

Tuckerman Ravine Trail - Looking down

Time to tackle the steps to the summit

Train departing

Summit ahead

Summit

Summit

Weather Conditions on summit


Heading down 

Heading down - Lion Head 

Heading down - snow in ravine



Lion Head getting closer

Ravine snow

Still patches of open sky

Lion Head Trail

Lion Head Trail - I see blue sky!

Lion Head Trail - folks headed this way


Ravine


Lion Head Trail




Lion Head Trail

Lion Head Trail

Lion Head Trail

Lion Head Trail - Summer Route Turn off

Lion Head Trail - Summer Route

Even after dumping trash at summit bldg, more trail trash

View of Lion Head on descent