Ross Allen, Steve Smith, Charlie “Beef” Abert and Fred “Tarpy” Knight
Up via White Dot, Cascade Link, Red Spot, and Pumpelly
Down via White Dot
Map: http://4000footers.com/monadnock_map.shtml
Pics: Just click twice for more detail.
| Heading Up | Steve, Charlie, Ross posing | Upper Red Spot |
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| Upper Red Spot | Upper Red Spot | Steve Ascending |
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| Steve and Summit | Charlie toward summit | Pumpelly Vista |
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| Blue contrast | Snacking | |
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We chose a 5:30am rendezvous at Forbes Road and started from the Poole Rd parking lot at a little after 7am. My plea for the route we took got us into once-traveled trail, so Ross and I switched to snowshoes. Steve was on skis, and Charlie stayed with bare boots. The Red Spot tracks ended in the middle, so we headed up through a couple feet of powder along with two other dudes who took the lead. Gorgeous snow-covered trees, completely blue sky, and shelter from wind—exhilarating conditions. The wind picked up on Pumpelly and was really blowing the snow as we reached the summit after ~3 hrs. Quickly we scampered down to shelter. At the White Cross-White Dot junction Steve chose the unbroken White Cross for skiing. At the bottom I waited for Steve to appear, but he came ambling down with skis on his pack, having aborted the White Cross downhill ski.
Summary: 4+ hours, ~6 miles,