05. Huntington Ravine

Huntington Ravine is located on Mt Washington. Base elevation of the ravine is about 4100 ft, most climbing starts about 500 ft above that; the top of the Pinnacle is at 5122 ft, and the top of the ravine itself is at 5500 ft. Be prepared for quickly changing and possibly severe weather. The summit of Mt Washington is only about 800 ft above the top of the ravine and the "all-time-all-time" high temp reading there is (I believe) 74F. With mid-summer readings in the valleys of mid-80'sF it is not uncommon for the summit to be in the 50's.An interesting fact is that once you get above about the level of the top of the ravine (5000 - 5500 ft) the rocks and boulders take on an entirely unique character of ruggedness. Except on the trails where millions of boots have smoothed them, the granite rocks are extremely rough. That's because they were above the level of the continental ice sheets and received zero "smoothing" during the glacial epochs, and were also exposed to whatever epic weather existed to make such ice sheets!