Madison Gulf Ice and Mt Willard

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OwnerEric Gilbertson
Creation Date2013-04-10 20:29:29 UTC-0400
DescriptionApril 6-7

Eric Gilbertson, James Huang, Kyle Peet, Dan Weber

Saturday we hike up the valley way trail past Madison Hut and dropped into Madison Gulf. The snow was amazingly firm and we didn't even use the snowshoes for the 4-hr approach. There was ice everywhere in Madison Gulf, and we split into two teams of two and climbed parallel 3-pitch lines up the middle (I think the route was "Point", WI3). At the top we strolled through the bushes back to treeline and made it back to the car just before dark, and just in time to hit up the chinese buffet in Gorham.

Sunday we climbed in Crawford Notch: Left Hand Monkey Wrench, Upper Hitchcock, and Elephant Head Gully. All climbs were very much in. There was only one other party in climbing all day!

Eric