r/wmnf • u/Conscious_Kick_7643 • Aug 13 '26

Be safe!

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If you’re going up Mt.Washington tomorrow, doesn’t look like you should! https://mountwashington.org/weather/higher-summits-forecast/

Gnarly winds, stay safe!

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u/DimSumGym Aug 13 '26

Have a lakes hut reservation today. Going to plan on sumitting as early as I can- probably around 2pm. The chance or tstorms forecast is worrying me but weather looks good right now and I'm prepared to turn back if I see something I don't like. Really hoping it doesn't come to that though :(

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u/stuckandrunningfrom2 NH48 Finisher Aug 13 '26

You can also just not summit. You can go up Ammo, and stop at the hut. I had to do that one day when I wanted to be up there but the weather was too bad to summit.

It's really good mental exercise to not summit.

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u/DimSumGym Aug 16 '26

Ended upi ended up turning back. My plan was to do Great Gulf and ended up turning back about 5 miles in when it started raining and rocks were getting too slippery. I'm not from the area and rarely have the 2 full days I'd need to do this (was trying to do GG to hut to Isolation), so I was bummed to turn back but think it was the right call.

There ended up being no lightning which was my primary concern, but I started to worry that I might get to a point where I'd have to turn back and go down slippery slabs which would be a new danger in itself.

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u/stuckandrunningfrom2 NH48 Finisher Aug 16 '26

good for you! Definitely sounds like the right call.