| Summary | The creme of the crop of our pics from the ravines. |
| Owner | MITOC Gallery Administrator |
| Creation Date | 2005-01-25 16:47:39 UTC-0500 |
| Description | James and Rick were supposed to take one brave soul up into the
Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines but that brave souls ride to Intervale was not so brave so the trip seemed doomed. Fortunately, it became clear that the Madison trip had been canceled so Mike Oltmans, Eric Gilbertson, and Matthew Gilbertson joined James and Rick while the snow's raged on back in Boston. We had great weather, it was a bit cold and windy at times but, all in all, nice and sunny. We headed up the Huntington Ravine trail to (not surprisingly) Huntington Ravine. We stopped by the Harvard cabin and said hello to the care takers and found out that the avalanche danger was "considerable." So we decided to not really go into the ravine, just up to the edge of the tree line to have a look around. The view was spectacular. We then had lunch back at the Harvard cabin and headed over to Tucks. As usual Tucks was spectacular. The snow was whipping over the headwall and Bootspur and did a very delightful dance around the ridges and gullies in the ravine. We had to dig out the goggles and crampons for the last bit up to the edge of the ravine. It was a nice sampling of above treeline conditions with the added comfort of a first aid cache to block the wind. We then had an uneventful drive back to Boston where we found several feet of snow waiting to be played in and shoveled. Thanks Rick and James for a great day in the ravines. |