With the spring showers we have the change of the season. Yes ice climbing is done for the year but we enter the spring skiing season and rock climbing season. In the past two weeks I have guided a little bit of everything. Ice climbing up on Mt. Washington, ski mountaineering on Mt. Washington, and [...]
March 30, 2010
Alpine Climbing, backcountry skiing, climbing, Huntingtons Ravine, Ice Climbing, mountaineering, Mt Washington, New England ice climbing, Rock Climbing, ski mountaineering, Tuckerman Ravine
November on Mt Washington can be just about anything. I just returned from three days staying at Hermit Lake shelter and climbing. Mt Washington is by far the best mountaineering destination in NH and is really only rivaled by Mt Katadin in Maine in the North East. The great thing about Mt Washington is one [...]
November 16, 2009
Huntingtons Ravine, Ice Climbing NH, ice conditions, Kevin Mahoney, Mahoney Alpine Adventures, mountaineering, Mt Washington, Pinnacle Buttress, Rock Climbing, Tuckermans Ravine
Ah…Fall! It is the season to wrap up rock climbing projects finish up the yard projects and batten down the hatches for winter. It is also the season to train. The spring transition from ice climbing season to rock climbing season is always a shock. Your big muscle groups like your quadriceps and latissimus dorsi [...]
October 7, 2009
front pointing, gym rat, Ice Climbing, Jackson Wy, Mahoney Alpine Adventures, Mixed Climbing, Mtn Athlete, NH, Rob Shaul, Rock Climbing, ski back country, trail running, training, training for climbing, training for skiers
Three days on Mt. Willard in March reminded me why it is one of the best little mountains around. Mt Willard is only 2865 feet tall, which is even small by New England standards, and the southeast face is only 800 feet if you include every slabby inch of it. Most of the routes are [...]
March 5, 2008
Ben Gilmore, cinema gulley, Doug Madera, Ice Climbing, Jeff Hatch, Kevin Mahoney, Mixed Climbing, Mount Willard, MT Willard, Rock Climbing, waterfall ice