On a fine winter weekend, Dave Kotz and I
decided to hike up to Mizpah Hut
from Crawford Notch, via the
Crawford Path. It had just snowed and
we were expecting deep snow conditions. But
the snow was very light and fluffy, so hiking wasn't a problem.
The trip to the hut is pretty straightforward, just up the Crawford Path and take a right onto the Mizpah cut-off, total distance is only about 3 miles. People had hiked infront of us, but in places the light snow had drifted in and completely covered the tracks.
When we got to the closed hut the weather
seemed to be turning worse. The snow was falling
heavier as we stopped for lunch. There
were lots of folks tenting near the hut (much too close, actually)
and one group set up their tents under a huge
huge cornice on the far end of the hut. I
hope they made it through the night.
We walked around the hut to the backside for a view, then nice hike out through the snowy trees. The weather started clearing a bit, and we got nice views in the notch of the old Crawford House, Saco Lake, and the old Crawford Depot. Through the clouds we even got some nice views of Mt Avalon and Mt Field. Then we shoveled out Dave's car and were on our way.
