On Satuday, Kiki Batten, Chad Sims and Scott finished their week long adventure on an annual pilgrimage above the treeline in the Northeast at Mount Washington of the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampsire.
Chad & Scott skinned up splitboarding on Tuckerman Ravine Trail as Kiki hiked in her ski boots a few thousand vertical feet over a few miles. Chad topped out on Right Gully while Scott climbed about halfway up Lobster Claw. The tracked out snow in the chutes was soft windblown plowder.
As the sun began to set on the vast snowfield, the group shredded down the John Sherburne Ski Trail, a one way trail sweeping down the mountain back to the Appalachian Mountain Club's Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.
Tuckerman Ravine & thousands of miles of trails in the WMNF are frequented by countless skiers, mountaineers and hikers every year. Thankfully tons of trails, campsites, backcountry cabins and visitors centers are operated and maintained all across the mountains of the North East by the AMC. The relationship between AMC & the WMNF is not unlike the relationship between SVBC & GWNF, just on a much larger scale.
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