Madison Spring Hut

Last Monday and Tuesday I worked on a quick overnight story about the Madison Spring Hut, located in a col between Mount Adams and Mount Madison at roughly 4,800 feet. The summit elevation of Mount Adams is 5,774 feet while Mount Madison is 5,367 feet. It was an awesome trip I made with Monitor reporter Annmarie Timmins and her husband Will. Check out her story here >> Hut Comforts<<. After we did the reporting, we hiked Mount Adams and on to the summit of Mount Jefferson, where we then descended 5.5 miles over steep, rocky terrain and into the forest. The wind was so strong it nearly knocked me down a few times I wasn't paying attention to my footing. I almost went on to summit Mount Washington alone, but decided that doing it alone, with little more than 20 feet of visibility with high winds and dropping temperatures may not have been the best idea. And when I returned to the car after hiking out that evening, I felt relieved I didn't push it.