What a great weekend. Lots going on. Redline Guide Mike Cherim was teaching navigation, Ryan McGuire was showing a Ridj-it group how to climb ice at “Lost in the Forest” in Crawford Notch, and Pat Ferland was training a group of four one day showing them the ins-and-out of winter hiking and mountaineering, then leading them up Mt Madison on snowshoes the next day. Pat even offered this brief summary.
We had a great day. We went up Airline Trail and cut over on the Airline Cutoff to Madison Spring Hut. From there we took Osgood Trail to the summit where they were in and out of the clouds with roughly 40mph winds with even higher gusts. We descended via the Valley Way Trail. Minus a couple of foot issues we needed to address on the way down, we had a great day on the hill. —Pat
Pat also took these photos…
Speaking of photos, here are some photos and clips Ryan took of the ice climbing class…
Great job, everyone!