They knew that the forecast wasn’t calling for ideal conditions for their half-day afternoon snowshoe hike, but they were resigned to love it no matter what. With a great attitude like that one can’t go wrong, right? And that describes the general attitude of the extended family referred to us by Bretton Woods for a mountain snowshoeing adventure. Bring it, they exclaimed, ice rain, rain rain, wind, no views… no problem. Undeterred, they were still smiling throughout. On lead for this trip was Redline Guide and owner Mike Cherim, with his trusted second for this large group, Ryan Mcguire.
Being that it was a half day snowshoe hike, and that they were staying at the Omni Mt Washington Hotel, the 2800′ Mt Willard seemed like an obvious choice — it’s a fine mountain for this. And a fine mountain it was. Making it even more enjoyable was the 1½-inches of new snow making for awesome ground conditions for snowshoeing. Perfecto!
Here are some photos of the day:
Ryan waits for our guests to arrive in the lobby.
Our group.
Battling the Crawford Gateway winds.
Start of the Mt Willard Trail.
Random break shot.
Another one.
And another.
Random guide pic featuring a random guide.
A micro break.
There is light at the end of the tunnel.
Walk toward the light.
Almost there!
Family summit photo!
What goes up must come down, else we didn’t do our job.
The descent goes quickly, our charges are strong.
Ryan stops now and then to let the group close ranks.
The exit.
Again they battle the winds.
Well done, one and all! Until we meet again. Thank you for choosing Redline Guiding.