Left Gully First Day Out - 11/28/25
Nov 28, 2025
Guest Blog by Josh Mcmahoney
We started hiking up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail around 8am. It wasn't skinnable until just after the turn off to Huntington Ravine Trail. It improved a little after Hermit Lake but had a lot of exposed rock on the steep section. We transition to crampons to hike through the Ravine floor. We ascended about midway up Left Gully. Conditions were very firm with a few pockets of powder near the wall.
Due to the rocky and icy conditions, the quickest way out to Hermit Lake was to switch back to crampons.
We skied about 3/4 of the John Sherburne Ski Trail before we switched back to crampons—no rock skis for us. The Sherb was hard ice with new snow covering up many of the rocks.