Ethan Pond Overnighter & Mt Jackson Hike

[atrane21]

We planned on staying at Ethan pond all weekend but ended up cutting it a day short. We thought we'd be the only crazy people out there this weekend in the negative temps friday night and snow, sleet, rain saturday night. But when we got to ethan pond there were already 5 other people there in the shelter.
We hung around Friday night where it got to be -5f with wind chills easily in the -20s. We all made it through the night but decided to pack out saturday so all of us weren't trying to cram into the shelter for dinner and evening activities to stay to dry.
After hiking out I decided to go down the street to another trailhead and hike Mt Jackson.
It was a great weekend overall. I got a new low temp in the hammock, knocked off a few more miles of the AT, and bagged another NH 48 (#19 for me).







Ethan Pond








Frozen Ripley Falls












Mt Washington








Snack break






And a nice cold one to finish off the weekend

[MAD777]

Gorgeous pics! I love winter hiking in the Whites!

[G.G.]

Good work.

[2ply]

Looks like a great trip. Love seeing all the winter snow camping reports. All we're getting is rain.

[OutandBack]

Very beautiful thanks for sharing your trip.

[idealistgonewrong]

Excellent pictures!

[psyculman]

Great pictures, I'm going to be up there for a weekend this month, hope it is going to be at least that cold. Thanks

[Nodust]

Great area. I've only been in summer and late fall. I'll need to go see my sister one winter.