5,712 ft | Presidential | 1 route
Feels like -16°F
Recent Precipitation
Rain: 0.01" (24h) · 0.02" (48h)
Snow: 0.1" (24h) · 0.2" (48h)
Below freezing at all elevations
~2.2°F drop per 1,000ft
Best Hiking Window
No safe window exists within the next 48 hours. The Wind Chill Warning runs through early Tuesday morning, with the most dangerous conditions — wind chills potentially reaching -60°F, hurricane-force gusts, and near-zero visibility — occurring Sunday night through Monday. Monday may bring clearing skies and diminishing winds, but temperatures will remain well below zero with elevated winds and dangerous wind chills persisting through the warning period. The earliest realistic window to reassess is Tuesday, once the arctic high has fully moved through, winds have substantially subsided, and visibility has improved — though summit temperatures will remain extreme and full cold-weather precautions will still be required.
Trail: Valley Way, Air Line, Gulfside
Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts
“Started Saturday with a hike up to Valley Way tent site. Started the rest of the hike early Sunday and made my way towards Adams and then to Jefferson a very slight trail was visible. On my way back the trail leading up to Adams was riddled with postholes that weren't there in the morning. The hike up Madison was well used and a bit longer then I remembered.”
Trail: Castle Trail, Randolph Path, Lowe’s Path
Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder
“Used snowshoes the whole time! Broke trail all the way on Castle and Randolph until Lowe’s — deep, saturated powder made for exhausting work. Lowe’s was already packed for a speedy final descent. Beautiful weather out there today!”
Trail: Jewell Trail, Gulfside, Jefferson Loop
Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder
“Our crew of 6 started out from the cog lot and put on our snowshoes as soon as we crossed over the tracks. The little tunnel under the tracks is really tiny now even for fun sized folks, so we opted to gracefully climb over instead. The Jewell trail is in really nice shape. Above treeline it meanders a bit off course but it will get you where you need to go and having broken out several trails lately using creative route finding, I am not one to judge. The snow up high was rather unconsolidated. Gulfside was a combination of styrofoam snow, ice, and unpacked powder so spikes or snowshoes worked fine. We just kept on the snowshoes to keep it simple. Jefferson Loop was much the same in terms of conditions. SO many gridiots out there today coming from all directions. Clearly the bat/gridiot signal went out early and we all got the message to hit the Presis. 2 of our crew ventured onto Washington and Monroe to just enjoy the beauty of the day.”
Third highest peak with dramatic Castellated Ridge and spectacular views. Often combined with Adams or Washington for a traverse.
Elevation
5,712 ft
Range
Presidential
Rank
#3 of 48
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Coordinates
44.3042, -71.3167
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