An Outstanding Hike to Mt. Monroe and Mt. Washington, January 17, 2010

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One of the stellar views of the day--Mt. Monroe emerging from the clouds	Judy heading up Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail in the early morning sun.	Mt. Washington viewed across Ammonoosuc Ravine.	We could see an equally impressive winter landscape on the other side of the trail.
Approaching AMC's Lakes of the Clouds Hut	Hard to find the benches under all that drifted snow! Judy, Kirk and Cooper enjoying a view from the top.	Clouds began drifting in as we left the hut for Mt. Monroe.	Cooper (the dog) did an amazing job of keeping up with us.
View of the clouds in Oakes Gulf, from Mt. Monroe,	Sue at the summit of Mt. Monroe.	Judy, Kirk and Cooper on the Monroe summit.	The group heads back down to the hut.
Clouds began rising out of Oakes Gulf, although the summit of Washington stayed in the clear.	Socked in	We started up the Crawford Path. Carl did an amazing job of leading us up, then down through the fog and clouds.	Ice covered sign on the Crawford Path.
Things began to clear as we moved higher on the flank of Mt. Wshington.	Mt. Monroe emerged like a Great Blue whale from the ocean of clouds.	Mt. Monroe and Lakes of the Clouds Hut
Feathers of ice coated everything.			The Mt. Washington Observatory with it's coating of ice.
At the summit: Carl, Jadwiga, Judy, Kirk, Jeff and Sue	We watched the shifting ocean of clouds in the ravine as we headed down.	Thickening clouds and snow as we arrived back at Lakes of the Clouds. We did not linger, due to increasingly poor visibility.	Payback for going up the steep Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail was being able to slide down many sections.
Jadwiga came to a snowy halt.

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