A one-page itemizing of native climate forecast and path circumstances knowledge for every of the 48 New Hampshire White Mountain 4000 footers.
What number of of you spend hours every month wanting NOAA, NETC, or Mountain Forecast, typing in mountain names into their tiny search kinds on smartphones? I made a decision to place all of it on one webpage as an alternative, with linked and prefilled searches. I initially did this for myself, nonetheless I hope you uncover it helpful. The URL is transient and candy too.
https://sectionhiker.com/4kforecasts
Evidently the summit forecast will normally be colder than the technique trails ensuing inside the peaks by roughly 3 ranges for each 1,000 toes of elevation buy. On above-treeline peaks, which may be typically 4500′ or bigger all through the Whites, wind speeds/wind chill could even be rather a lot a lot much less intense beneath the treeline on mountains with passable tree cowl.
You would possibly uncover fairly detailed particulars about all of the technique trails to those mountains together with suggestion about winter routes in The 4000 Footers of the White Mountains by Steve Smith and Mike Dickermanobtainable from Amazon or the Mountain Wanderer Bookstore in Lincoln, NH. It’s the White Mountains peakbagging bible.
White Mountains Native climate Forecast Sources
- NOAA is the US Authorities Agency answerable for nationwide native climate forecasting and their forecast is the gold common inside the USA. Most industrial forecasts are based totally completely on the native climate knowledge they publish.
- Mountain Native climate Forecast publishes mountain forecasts in a format that many hikers uncover helpful. Their forecasts are nearly at all times too optimistic nonetheless within the case of wind velocity and temperatures. Beware.
- NETC (New England Path Circumstances) is an house bulletin board the place excessive hikers put up trail-condition particulars about their hikes which is especially useful in figuring out what kind of traction/flotation aids (crampon, microspikes, or snowshoes) to hold in winter and fully totally different path hazards.
- The Mount Washington Observatory Excessive Summits Forecast is especially helpful for mountaineering all through the northern Presidential Differ surrounding the Good Gulf. It loses significance the farther eradicated chances are you’ll be from Mt Washington, other than in conditions of most regional native climate. It’s solely listed for peaks the place it’s related.
- The Presidential Differ Avalanche Forecast is revealed by the Mt Washington Avalance Coronary coronary heart.
- The USGS Nationwide Water Dashboard publishes water gauge readings all through the USA. These are helpful for assessing the security of stream crossings on upstream feeder streams and rivers. You’ll want a topographic map to grasp the native drainages.
1. Mt Washington (6288′)
2. Mt Adams (5774′)
3. Mt Jefferson (5712′)
4. Mt Monroe (5384′)
5. Mt Madison (5367′)
6. Mt Lafayette (5260′)
7. Mt Lincoln (5089′)
8. South Twin Mountain (4902′)
9. Carter Dome (4832′)
10. Mt Moosilauke (4802′)
11. Mt Eisenhower (4780′)
12. North Twin Mountain (4761′)
13. Mt Carrigain (4700′)
14. Mt Bond (4698′)
15. Coronary heart Carter Mountain (4610′)
16. West Bond Mountain (4540′)
17. Mt Garfield (4500′)
18. Mt Liberty (4459′)
19. South Carter Mountain (4430′)
20. Wildcat Mountain (4422′)
21. Mt Hancock (4420′)
22. South Kinsman Mountain (4358′)
23. Mt Subject (4340′)
24. Mt Osceola (4340′)
25. Mt Flume (4328′)
26. South Hancock Mountain (4319′)
27. Mt Pierce (4310′)
28. North Kinsman Mountain (4293′)
29. Mt Willey (4285′)
30. Bondcliff Mountain (4265′)
31. Mt Zealand (4260′)
32. North Tripyramid (4180′)
33. Mt Cabot (4170′)
34. East Osceola (4156′)
35. Coronary heart Tripyramid (4140′)
36. Cannon Mountain (4100′)
37. Mt Hale (4054′)
38. Mt Jackson (4052′)
39. Mt Tom (4051′)
40. Wildcat D (4062′)
41. Mt Moriah (4049′)
42. Mt Passaconaway (4043′)
43. Owl’s Head Mountain (4025′)
44. Galehead Mountain (4024′)
45. Mt Whiteface (4020′)
46. Mt Waumbek (4006′)
47. Mt Isolation (4004′)
48. Mt Tecumseh (4003′)
White Mountains River Gauges
Whereas these river gauges are downstream of many White Mountain mountaineering trails, they’re a great way to approximate the magnitude of upstream water ranges for stream crossings. For instance, the East Division of the Pemigewasset River Guage in Lincoln is an environment friendly methodology to guage the relative security of the Lincoln Brook Crossing at Owlshead Mountain due to that stream flows into the East Division.
- East Division of the Pemigewasset River in Lincoln, NH
- Pemigewasset River at Woodstock, NH
- Pemigewasset River at Plymouth, NH
- Saco River at River Avenue in Bartlett, NH
- Saco River close to Conway, NH
- Wild River at Gilead, Maine
- Ammonoosuc River at Bethehem Junction, NH
- Baker River close to Rumney, NH
- Bearcamp River at South Tamworth, NH
- Bigger Ammonoosuc River close to Groveton, NH
- Androscoggin River close to Gorham, NH
- Peabody River at Gorham, NH