Neat! A classmate and I did this after we finished doing a couple of sections of The Long Trail. '87? I guess. His knees were giving him trouble so we took the Cog down. I took a chance and drank some water from the falls on the climb up. Fortunately I didn't get sick.
Sometimes I like to imagine if all the water in the world was safe to drink. The Cog idea is good. I wouldn't mind doing that sometime, hike one way and ride the other way!
For a couple of summers in the 1980s I was in an environmental sciences program that culminated in a 3 day trip to Mt Washington and a stay at Lakes In The Clouds. It hasn't changed at all in 40 years. Amazing! Thanks for this video.
Wow! That was a great video and congratulations on making that major hike! I was relieved to see that warm, dry stop at the hut with food and shelter and all those other happy hikers! Very interesting... (now I won't have to do all that hiking to see what it's like! : P )
Great video. It was nice meeting you at Lakes of the Clouds and getting to chat with you. We were the group of 4 guys that wished you a good day on the beginning of the final climb to Mt Washington.
Once past the Gem Pool the climb up those granite rocks becomes (seemingly) nearly vertical; you toughed it out! Another fine video that brought back valued memories. Thanks
My favorite video going up to and showing Lake of the Clouds hut by far. I spent the summer of '75 there when I was 15 along with a few other huts doing some trail maintenance for a short time. Loved playing my blues harp, watching the sunrise on Mt. Monroe. ❤
Another great video! You do such a good job conveying the experience of the places you hike and camp. You're also very good at including the viewers. It felt like I was hiking alongside you. Congrats on tagging the highest peak! I only get to visit the Whites once a year (and that's still over a month away) so thank you for letting us vicariously visit the mountains with you!
I agree. You showed us the trail. I saw the part I hiked wearing snowshoes. It was so eroded we had to take our snowshoes off. The trail wasn't wide enough to fit them. I think that section has been rerouted; So thanks for showing the trail. So many videographers do not. They keep the camera on themselves while talking/walking. What's up with that? I love the sounds of the whites, Mt. W in particular. I don't care for funky music during meals but that's ok. Didn't last too long and I do have a mute button. Very realistic video especially that poor man shaking from wet and cold. Very dangerous situation to be in. Hope he had dry clothes in his backpack no matter what they were.
Yeah, and I think I could go back to each of them in a different season and enjoy a totally fresh experience. Very good value for vacation dollars in my opinion.
Thank you again for sharing all your backpacking trips. Your videos are great! I look forward to the spring to venture out again, you're an inspiration.
Great video Rachael....I so enjoyed watching your adventures....especially up to Lakes in the Clouds. My small family and I made that hike many years ago when our kids were 2 and 6 (my husband was 63 and such a trouper!) Our 2 yr old was in the backpack most of the trip! I remember the great difficulty in climbing this trail and the exhilaration once we arrived. We ended hiking back down that same day. It was the most challenging hike our small family ever did. Thanks for providing that wonderful memory almost 30 years ago. Don't know if I could manage that hike these days....too many slippery rocks to navigate. Happy travels from a fellow New Hampshirite.
You have more energy than I do, plus a few decades younger. I have not hiked up and down lately. I use the train. I hike up Ammonosuc Ravine to the hut, stay over, then hike up to the summit then take the train down. I'm lucky to be able to do that. I hope you can to when you're an old lady. I thought you would choose the Jewell trail for the decent. That is very pretty (no waterfalls) and dryer then Ammo. You end up across the road directly from the hikers parking lot. The last few yards you cross a very nice bridge, photo op, then a short hill to the parking lot. The Jewel was the first trail I took up there. Amazing views. I tried going from Mizpah hut to Clouds hut (2017) but on top of Mt. Pierce the wind and rain nearly blew us over. People coming the other way advised us not to do it. So, we bailed out, going down Crawford Path to Rt. 302 drying off at Crawford Station. The whites have to flex its muscles to tell us who's boss!! (oct. 2022)
Thank you for your wonderful comment! I am taking notes. I was too afraid to try the Jewel Trail since I did not know it and I at least knew what I would see going back down the same way. But now I will do it. In fact I love your entire plan of using the train for part of the journey. Now that I hiked it once, I have nothing to prove and can mix in the train if it makes life more enjoyable.
Great video! I’ve been up top many times but never from that side except as a child with my family on the cog. I once had the great good fortune to be on top during one of the warmest and clearest and calmest days ever. It got to 69F with 100% visibility. I’ve also experienced some absolutely miserable conditions up there.
What a great informative video! I just hiked for the first time at Franconia state park in New Hampshire, got to little haystack and had to turn back. Really falling in love with hiking. Hope to do mount Washington someday.
Rachael, so glad I found your video. did you do this in July? I am doing the traverse, hut to hut early July. Not sure what to bring as far as clothings are concerned. Amy tips?
Yes, July 21. I researched years of Julys and saw low chance of rain. And then it rained! Check the Summit report everyday leading up to your trip. You will need a full change of clothes in case your main outfit gets wet or damaged. You will probably find more detailed full videos about hiking layers. And of course a warm and lightweight jacket! Here is the link to Mt. W weather: www.mountwashington.org/experience-the-weather/higher-summit-forecast.aspx
Yes, Interesting you mention the capacity of the hut. The bookings looked full online but another hiker said he got his reservation two days earlier (I made my reservation in April). Perhaps they were under-booking coming off the Covid year. I do not know for sure.
I am trying to remember... I think I had no cell service... Might have been some on Mount Washington by that gift shop. But I don't remember having any connectivity at the hut.
Neat! A classmate and I did this after we finished doing a couple of sections of The Long Trail. '87? I guess. His knees were giving him trouble so we took the Cog down. I took a chance and drank some water from the falls on the climb up. Fortunately I didn't get sick.
Sometimes I like to imagine if all the water in the world was safe to drink. The Cog idea is good. I wouldn't mind doing that sometime, hike one way and ride the other way!
For a couple of summers in the 1980s I was in an environmental sciences program that culminated in a 3 day trip to Mt Washington and a stay at Lakes In The Clouds. It hasn't changed at all in 40 years. Amazing! Thanks for this video.
Cool. I love that it is a timeless classic.
Great looking trip I can certainly relate to how you referred to those features like the waterfalls when your knackered.
Wow! That was a great video and congratulations on making that major hike! I was relieved to see that warm, dry stop at the hut with food and shelter and all those other happy hikers! Very interesting... (now I won't have to do all that hiking to see what it's like! : P )
Great video. It was nice meeting you at Lakes of the Clouds and getting to chat with you. We were the group of 4 guys that wished you a good day on the beginning of the final climb to Mt Washington.
Hi! That was very cool how we were all strangers in the hut but came to feel connected after several hours shut in from the bad weather outside.
Fun hike, storms come in quick.🌨️☁️🌠
this has inspired me to make the same trip... Thank you!!!
Awesome!!!
Once past the Gem Pool the climb up those granite rocks becomes (seemingly) nearly vertical; you toughed it out! Another fine video that brought back valued memories. Thanks
My favorite video going up to and showing Lake of the Clouds hut by far. I spent the summer of '75 there when I was 15 along with a few other huts doing some trail maintenance for a short time. Loved playing my blues harp, watching the sunrise on Mt. Monroe. ❤
Wow, thanks. Sounds like wonderful memories. I want to go back up there again.
@@RachelWhelton Your video and quality brought back even more memories. I thank you. Enjoy every step. And take care of your knees.
Another great video! You do such a good job conveying the experience of the places you hike and camp. You're also very good at including the viewers. It felt like I was hiking alongside you. Congrats on tagging the highest peak! I only get to visit the Whites once a year (and that's still over a month away) so thank you for letting us vicariously visit the mountains with you!
Thanks for the nice comment. It's so fun to make the videos. I'm not sure I could hike without a camera anymore.
I agree. You showed us the trail. I saw the part I hiked wearing snowshoes. It was so eroded we had to take our snowshoes off. The trail wasn't wide enough to fit them. I think that section has been rerouted; So thanks for showing the trail. So many videographers do not. They keep the camera on themselves while talking/walking. What's up with that?
I love the sounds of the whites, Mt. W in particular. I don't care for funky music during meals but that's ok. Didn't last too long and I do have a mute button. Very realistic video especially that poor man shaking from wet and cold. Very dangerous situation to be in. Hope he had dry clothes in his backpack no matter what they were.
I love all these hikes and different campgrounds you go to…I want to do and go to them all!
Yeah, and I think I could go back to each of them in a different season and enjoy a totally fresh experience. Very good value for vacation dollars in my opinion.
Be safe up there! Mt. Washington is the windiest place in the world and the weather can change from sunny to stormy very quickly!
Thank you again for sharing all your backpacking trips. Your videos are great! I look forward to the spring to venture out again, you're an inspiration.
Thanks! That is super nice of you to say and I appreciate the comment.
Great video Rachael....I so enjoyed watching your adventures....especially up to Lakes in the Clouds. My small family and I made that hike many years ago when our kids were 2 and 6 (my husband was 63 and such a trouper!) Our 2 yr old was in the backpack most of the trip! I remember the great difficulty in climbing this trail and the exhilaration once we arrived. We ended hiking back down that same day. It was the most challenging hike our small family ever did. Thanks for providing that wonderful memory almost 30 years ago. Don't know if I could manage that hike these days....too many slippery rocks to navigate. Happy travels from a fellow New Hampshirite.
That sounds like a legendary hike. We tried one of those kid backpacks for our kids and it was very difficult indeed.
You have more energy than I do, plus a few decades younger. I have not hiked up and down lately. I use the train. I hike up Ammonosuc Ravine to the hut, stay over, then hike up to the summit then take the train down. I'm lucky to be able to do that. I hope you can to when you're an old lady. I thought you would choose the Jewell trail for the decent. That is very pretty (no waterfalls) and dryer then Ammo. You end up across the road directly from the hikers parking lot. The last few yards you cross a very nice bridge, photo op, then a short hill to the parking lot.
The Jewel was the first trail I took up there. Amazing views.
I tried going from Mizpah hut to Clouds hut (2017) but on top of Mt. Pierce the wind and rain nearly blew us over. People coming the other way advised us not to do it. So, we bailed out, going down Crawford Path to Rt. 302 drying off at Crawford Station. The whites have to flex its muscles to tell us who's boss!! (oct. 2022)
Thank you for your wonderful comment! I am taking notes. I was too afraid to try the Jewel Trail since I did not know it and I at least knew what I would see going back down the same way. But now I will do it. In fact I love your entire plan of using the train for part of the journey. Now that I hiked it once, I have nothing to prove and can mix in the train if it makes life more enjoyable.
Thanks for this video. Im considering doing the same thing. What a challenge!
You can do it!
Great video! I’ve been up top many times but never from that side except as a child with my family on the cog. I once had the great good fortune to be on top during one of the warmest and clearest and calmest days ever. It got to 69F with 100% visibility. I’ve also experienced some absolutely miserable conditions up there.
Thanks for sharing! It's so fun to hear everybody's experiences on that amazing mountain.
Love all the vids and information you supply, very helpful. Gods speed!!
Thank you!
Very cool thanks for sharing Rachel! Im going this Monday morning solo on the 13th up the ammo trail. Wish me luck! Best wishes!
Hope it was a good hike!
Wow that was insane!!! Im going to Mt Washington to take the cog railway soon
What a great informative video! I just hiked for the first time at Franconia state park in New Hampshire, got to little haystack and had to turn back. Really falling in love with hiking. Hope to do mount Washington someday.
Thanks for the nice comment. You can totally do Mt.W with some planning.
I LOVED 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Very good video keep up the good work
Thanks!
hello! I was wondering when you filmed this to get an idea of the conditions during the time of year
July 21. I researched multiple years of "July 21" and concluded it would not rain. And then it rained all day!
i was conceived here in 1966
This reminds me of when I took Art's Dune Tours on the white sand in Cape Cod and Art pointed out the cabin where he was conceived.
Rachael, so glad I found your video. did you do this in July? I am doing the traverse, hut to hut early July. Not sure what to bring as far as clothings are concerned. Amy tips?
Yes, July 21. I researched years of Julys and saw low chance of rain. And then it rained! Check the Summit report everyday leading up to your trip. You will need a full change of clothes in case your main outfit gets wet or damaged. You will probably find more detailed full videos about hiking layers. And of course a warm and lightweight jacket! Here is the link to Mt. W weather: www.mountwashington.org/experience-the-weather/higher-summit-forecast.aspx
@@RachelWhelton thank you!
Nice job with the camera. I would have put it away on those steep parts. Looked like half capacity from the dining shots.
Yes, Interesting you mention the capacity of the hut. The bookings looked full online but another hiker said he got his reservation two days earlier (I made my reservation in April). Perhaps they were under-booking coming off the Covid year. I do not know for sure.
How was the wifi?
I am trying to remember... I think I had no cell service... Might have been some on Mount Washington by that gift shop. But I don't remember having any connectivity at the hut.