Tips, Gear Used, & Things I Could Have Done Differently while Climbing Mt Washington in Winter.
Primary Winter Ascent Gear Shown
- EMS Longtrail 70 Backpack (used to carry my base camp gear – you may not need a pack this big if doing a single day summit attempt)
- Black Diamond Raven Ice Axe
- Clothing – Make sure to have to ability to cover every square inch of exposed skin. Extreme wind speeds and sub-freezing temps are a recipe for permanent skin damage or even lost fingers and toes (gangrene, frost bite etc). Bring coverage. Bring spares.
- Seirus Innovation Cold Weather Face Mask
- EMS Packable Pack
- CAMP Stalker Universal Crampons (Strap-On Crampons)
- Rope – Rothco General Purpose Utility Rope 3/8″
- Ski Goggles – Bolle Mojo Snow Goggles (Shiny Black, Lemon)
- Spot Gen3 Locator – GPS Emergency Locator Device
My Preferred map for Mt Washington Hikes: AMC Map: Presidential Range: White Mountains Trail Map
Other Gear Seen / Discussed
- Camp stool I’m sitting on – Byer of Main Tri Lite Stool
- ULA Ohm 2.0 Backpack
- Winter Hiking / Trekking Poles – Black Diamond Distance FLZ Z-Poles
- Gloves I’m wearing (great everyday glove that I would also bring to Mt Washington) – Sealskinz Waterproof Gripper Glove
- Hammock Gear Cuben Hex Tarp (Dyneema Fiber Tarp)
- Dutchware Netless Hammock
- Dutchware Winter Vented Sock
- Hammock Gear Burrow 0° Top Quilt
- Hammock Gear Incubator 0° Underquilt
- Garmont GTX Snow Winter Hiking Boots
- Kahtoola Microspikes lightweight traction device
Opening Music: Beethoven – Coriolan Overture, Op. 62, 1807
Stock Footage: Various Public Domain pieces from the U.S. War Department, circa WWII.
Great video. Thanks for emphasizing wind chill. Too many people focus only on temp when wind can make things dangerous. Stay dry, stay warm, stay safe.
I’ve been working on a 3-5 day backpacking trip for my Spring Break in mid-March and really appreciated this video as I plan. Having watched your Mt Washington video when it came out a trip of that nature is what I had in mind, but in doing weather research it seems like the only certainty in March in the North East is that it will be a mess. Do you have any suggestions? I live in Columbus, OH and would like to stay in New England in order to visit friends who recently moved there, but if there’s no sure snowshoeing I may try my luck out West.
Sorry for the long winded reply, I’ve been watching/subbed for several years and look forward to your future videos!